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A RESOLUTION  for  letting  the  Western  Tobacco  Ware- 
House. 

Approved  Oct.  29th,  1838. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Coni* 
a?  mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That  this 
£§  Corporation  consents  to  let  to  Rich.  B.  Mason,  their  western 
.Tobacco  Warehouse,  upon  the  following  terms  and  condi- 
tions, that  is  to  say — for  the  first  year,  said  Mason  is  to  be 
g free  of  rent,  for  the  second  year,  to  pay  to  the  Corporation 
£ the  rent  of  one  hundred  dollars,  and  for  the. third  year,  the 
irent  of  two  hundred  dollars,  at  the  expiration  of  which  time, 
"-said  Mason  may  remove  the  fixtures  he  may  have  put  thereon, 
on  delivering  up  the  property,  in  the  same  order  and  condi- 
tion as  it  was  received  by  him  ; said  Mason  is  also  to  keep 
Sthe  property  constantly  insured  to  the  amount  of  $4000, 
against  loss  by  fire,  at  his  expense,  for  the  benefit  of  the 
^Corporation ; provided,  that  this  contract  shall  not  take  effect 
-until  said ‘Mason  accepts  #the  terms  thereof  in  writing. 


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A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  Samuel  Hudson.  ' 
Approved  Oct.  29th,  1838. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Clerk  is  hereby  directed  to  pay  to  Samuel  Hudson,  the  sum 
of  thirty  dollars,  for  taking  care  of  and  supporting  his 
brother  Joseph  Htifeon,  an  invalid,  for  the  year  1838. 


A RESOLUTION  making  'an  appropriation  for  the  sup- 
port of  the  Poor. 

Approved  Oct.  29th,  1838. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  four  hundred  and  twenty-six  dollars  and  fourteen 
cents,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  to  meet  the 
expenditures  of  the  Poor  House  establishment  for  the  quarter 
ending  the  30th  day  of  Sept.  1838,  and  which  sum  the  Clerk 
of  the  Corporation  is  hereby  required  to  pay  to  the  order  of 
a majority  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Poor,  out  of  any  money  in 
the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 


A RESOLUTION  authorising  the  Mayor  to  have  the  gutter 
at  the  south  e.ast  corner  of  ^Bridge  and  Congress  streets 
altered,  so  as  to  convey  the  water  off. 

Approved  Oct.  29th,  183S. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Mayor  be,  and  }ie-is  hereby  authorised  and  requested,  to 
have  such  alteration  made  in  the  gutter  at  the  south  east 
corner  of  Bridge  and  Congress  streets,  asjnay  be  necessary 


to  convey  the  water  off,  and  that  the  sum  of  twenty  fire 
dollars  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  requisite,  is  hereby 
appropriated;  which  the  Clerk  will  pay  to  the  order  of  the 
Mayor  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appro- 
priated. 


A RESOLUTION  relative  to  Taxes  due  on  the  Female 
Orphan  Asylum. 

Approved  Nov.  10th,  1838. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Collector,  authorised  to  collect  the  tax  due  on  the  property 
belonging  to  the  Female  Orphan  Society,  be  and  he  is  here- 
by instructed  to  take  legal  steps,  if  necessary,  to  collect  the 
amount  of  the  tax  due  on  said  property  from  Bernard  Gilpin, 
the  former  owner  of  the  property. 


A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  to  meet  the 
Claims  of  the  Levy  Court  against  the  Corporation. 

Approved  Nov.  10th,  1838. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  be,  and  the  same  is 
hereby  appropriated  to  meet  thet  legal  claims,  which  the  Levy 
Court  of  Washington  county,  in  the  District  of  Columbia, 
may  have  against  this  Corporation,  for  the  years  1837,  and 
1838,  and  that  said  sum,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be 
necessary  to  meet  such  legal  claims,  shall  be  paid  by  the 
Clerk  of  the  Corporation  to  the  order  of  said  Levy  Court. 


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A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  repairing 
the  Free  Turnpike  Road.  • 

Approved  Dec.  4th,  1838. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  a 
sum  not  exceeding  sixty  dollars,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
appropriated,  to  be  expended  under  the  direction  of  the 
Mayor,  in  making  such  repairs  as  may  be  necessary  to  the 
Free  Turnpike  Road,  and  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation  is 
hereby  directed  to  charge  whatever  may  be  expended  under 
this  resolution  to  the  Congress  Fund. 


A RESOLUTION  appointing  a Delegate  to  the  National 
Silk  Convention. 

Approved  Dec.  4th,  1838. 

Whereas , it  being  understood  that  a National  Silk  Con- 
vention is  to  assemble  in  Baltimore  in  the  course  of  this 
week,  and  this  town  being  equally  intefested  in  the  encour* 
agement  of  Manufactures  of  all  kinds,  therefore 

Be  it  Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
John  Mason  Jr.  be,  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  a Delegate 
to  represent  this  town  in  $aid  Convention. 


A RESOLUTION  in*  favor  of  F.  S,  Key,  Esq. 

Approved  Dec.  22d,  1838. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Clerk  of  the  Corporation  pay  to  F.  S.  Key  Esq.  or  order, 
three  hundred  dollars  in  full  for  professional  services  rendered 
the  Corporation  to  this  date,  including  his  services  rendered 
in  the  Washington  Bridge  Co,  case  a few  years  ago. 


A RESOLUTION  for  the  relief  of  William  Stuart. 

Approved  Aec.  29ih,  1838. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com* 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
amount  of  damages,  viz.  one  hundred  dollars  now  standing 
to  the  credit  of  lot  No.  37,  and  the  heirs  at  law  of  David 
Stuart,  in  trust,  for  extending  .8th  street  to  road  street,  as 
per  the  verdict  of  the  jury  bearing  date  28th  Nov.  1831, 
will  more  fully  appear,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  directed 
to  be  paid,  by  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  to  the  said 
William  Stuart,  or  order,  deducting  the  taxes  due  to  Messrs. 
Beall  and  Jewell,  and  costs  of  suit ; provided  he  file  with 
the  Clerk  the  documents  and  papers  by  which  he  claims, 
and  provided  further,  that  bond  be  given  to  this  Corporation, 
to  be  approved  by  the  Clerk,  to  indemnify  and  save  harmless 
the  said  Corporation  to  double  the  amount  that  may  bd  paid 
to  said  W.  Stuart,  or  his  order,  and  provided  further  that 
Mrs.  Helen  Stuart  gives  herasSent  to  said  payment. 


RESOLUTION  providing  for  arbitrating  the  claim  of 
James  Dunlop,  Esq.  against  the  Corporation,  for  his  pro- 
fessional services. 

Approved  Dec.  29th,  1838. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
Nathan  Lufborough  be,  and  he  is  hereby  appointed  and  vest- 
ed, with  full  power  and  authority,  with  such  person  as  may 
be  appointed  by  James  Dunlop,  Esq.  to  arbitrate  and  deter- 
mine what  portion  of  an  account  of  said  Dunlop,  dated  the 
,13th  of  April  1838,  for  his  professional  services,  ought  to  he 
paid  by  this  Corporation,  and  if  said  arbitrators  shall  not  be 
able  to  agree  upon  an  award,  they  shall  have  power  to  ap- 
point an  umpire,  and  the  award  of  either  of  said  arbitrators 
and  said  umpire,  shall  be  conclusive,  between  the  parties  in 
relation  to  the  account  in  question. 


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Section  2.  And  be  it  further  resolved,  that  E.  M.  Linthi- 
cum  and  William  S.  NichoIIs5  be  and  they  are  hereby  au- 
thorized and  requested  to  repre^nt  this  Corporation,  before 
the  arbitrators. 


A RESOLUTION  for  further  extending  fhe  time  of  arbi- 
trating the  claims  of  John  H:  Kino*. 

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Approved  Dec.  29th,  1838. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
arbitrators  or  a majority  of  them,  appointed  under  a reso- 
lution approved  6th  May  1837,  in  the  case  of  John  H.  King, 
be  allowed  to  the  1st  of  August  next  to  arbitrate  and  return 
their  2. ward. 

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A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  the  support 
of  the  Ppor,  in  the  4th  quarter  of  1838. 

. Approved  Jan.  5th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  seven  hundred  and  sixty  four  dollars  and  twenty 
cents,  be  and  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  to  meet  the  ex- 
penditures of  the  poor  house  establishment,  for  the  quarter 
ending  the  31st  day  of  December  1838;  which  sum,  the 
Clerk  of  the  Corporation  is  hereby  required  to  pay  to  the 
order  of  a majority  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Poor. 


A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  Messrs  Marden  and  Meem, 
for  repairs  done. to  the  Canal  Bridge. 

Approved  Jan.  5th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 


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Clerk  .be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  pay. to  Messrs  Marden 
and  Meem  the  sum  of  fifty  five  dollars  and  forty  cents,  being 
the  amount  of  their  bill,  for  repairs  done  to  the  Canal  bridge. 


A RESOLUTION  tendering  to  Judge  Dunlop  the  Thanks 
of  the  Corporation. 

Approved  Jan.  8th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Cow- 
mo  n Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
resignation  of  James  Dunlop,  of  the  office  of  Recorder  of 
the  Corporation,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  accepted. 

Resolved , that  the  thanks  of  this  Corporation  are  due,  and 
are  hereby  tendered  to  the  Honorable  James  Dunlop,  Judge 
of  the  Criminal  Court  of  this  District,  for  his  zealous  and 
able  exertions  in  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  Recorder 
during  a period  of  nearly  twenty  years. 

Resolved , that  the  Mayor  be  requested  to  transmit  a copy 
of  the  above  resolutions,  to  James  Dunlop. 


A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  the  relief  of 
the'poor  of  the  town. 

Approved  Feb.  16th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com-* 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  two  hundred  dollars,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  ap-. 
propriated,  to  be  expended  by  the  Trustees  of  the  Poor,  in 
procuring  such  provisions,  fuel  &lc.  as  are  now  necessary  to 
be  distributed  among  the  poor — and  that  the  Clerk  pay  the 
said  sum  to  the  order  of  a majority  of  the  Trustees  of  the 
Poor,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  ap- 
propriated. # . 


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A RESOLUTION  for  fixing  the  site  of  the  Bridge  to  be 
erected  by  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  Company,, 
across  the  Canal,  at  or  near  the  junction  of  Bridge  and 
Water  Streets.  . 

Approved  Feb.  16ih,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Cdm • 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  John 
Pickrell,  John  H.  King,  and  B.  Clements  with  the  Mayor, 
be  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a committee,  to  ascertain 
the  most  convenient  site  for  the  bridge  proposed  by  the  Canal 
Company,  to  be  erected  across  the  Canal  at  or  near  the 
junction  of  Bridge  and  Water  Streets — and  that  they  com* 
inunicate  their  decision  thereon  to  the  Canal  Company,  with 
the  request  that  the  Bridge  be  erected  in  accordance  there* 
with. 


A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  John  Mountz,  Clerk  of  the 
Corporation. 

Approved  Feb.  16th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  John 
Mountz  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  be  allowed  and  he  is  here* 
by  allowed  the  sum  of  six  hundred  and  ninety  five  dollars 
and  thirty  six  cents,  which  will  be  in  full  for  his  services, 
under  the  several  ordinances  heretofore  passed  on  the  sub* 
ject  of  change  emited  by  the  Corporation,  add  that  the  same 
be  paid  out  of  any  money  not  otherwise  appropriated. 


A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  James  Dunlop,Esq. 

Approved  Feb.  16th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Bocpd  of  Aldermdn  and  Board  of  Com* 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 


Clerk  be  and  he  is  hereby  directed  to  pay  James  Dunlop, 
Esq.  the  sum  of  sixty  eight  dollars  and  sixty  cents,  being  the 
amount  of  the  award  made  in  his  favor,  by  the  arbitrators, 
appointed  by  a resolution  approved  Dec.  29th  1838,  and  that 
the  Clerk  is  hereby  directed  to  pay  also  to  James  Dunlop, 
Esq.  ninety  three  dollars  and  seventy  five  cents ; being  the 
amount  of  his  bill  rendered  January  25th,  1839. 


A RESOLUTION  appointing  Judges  of  Elections. 

Approved  February  16th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
J.  Stull,  John  Myers,  Charles  E.  Eckel,  Lewis  Carbery,  and 
Judson  Mitchell,  or  a majority  of  them,  be,  and  they  are 
hereby  appointed  Judges  of  the  next  general,  and  of  all 
Elections,  of  this  Corporation,  which  may  be  necessary  to  be 
held,  until  the  fourth  Monday  of  February  1840. 


RESOLUTIONS  for  paying  respect  to  the  memory  of  C. 

Smith,  Esq.  deceased. 

Approved  March  9th,  1839. 

Whereas,  we  have  learned  with  the  deepest  sorrow,  that 
it  has  pleased  Divine  Providence,  to  remove  from  our  midst, 
our  endeared  and  inestimable  friend  and  neighbor  Clement 
Smith,  Esq : — 

Therefore  it  is  Resolved , by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and 
Board  of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown, 
That  the  members  of  this  Corporation,  will  in  a body  attend 
the  funeral  of  Mr.  Smith,  as  a token  of  our  affectionate  regard 
for  the  memory  of  a citizen  of  eminent  merit  and  usefulness, 
whose  uninterrupted  acts  of  benevolence,  public  spirit,  and 
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individual  friendship,  will  long  live  in  the  grateful  remem- 
brance of  all  classes  of  our  community. 

And  be  it  further  Resolved , That  we  deeply  sympathise 
with  the  bereaved  family  of  our  deceased  friend,  and  that  a 
copy  of  these  resolutions* be  presented  to  them  by  the  Mayor. 


A RESOLUTION  directing  the  Street  Commissioners  to 
fix  the  grade  on  Frederick  Street,  from  First  to  Seventh 
Street. 

Approved  March  18th,  1839, 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Street  Commissioners  be,  and  they  are  hereby  directed  to 
ascertain  and  fix  the  grade  on  Frederick  Street  from  First 
to  Seventh  Street. 


A RESOLUTION  on  the  subject  of  Retrocession. 

Approved  March  23d,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Committee  heretofore  appointed  by  this  Corporation,  on  the 
subject  of  Retrocession,  have,  and  they  are  hereby  vested 
with  the  same  powers  with  reference  to  the  present  Legisla- 
ture of  Maryland,  which  were  conferred  on  them  with  re- 
ference to  the  last  Legislature. 


A RESOLUTION  for  fixing  the  boundary  line  on  the  Pier 
between  Georgetown  and  the  City  of  Washington. 

Approved  March  23d,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 


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Mayor,  Recorder,  and  President  of  the  Board  of  Common 
Council,  be,  and  they  are  hereby  appointed  a Committee,  to 
act  with  such  Committee  as  has  been,  or  shall  be,  appointed 
by  the  City  of  Washington,  with  full  power  to  ascertain, 
mark,  and  bound  the  division  line  between  Georgetown  and 
said  City,  where  it  may  cross  the  Pier  or  Mole  of  the  Chesa- 
peake and  Ohio  Canal,  at  the  mouth  of  Rock  Creek,  and  that 
a former  Resolution  on  this  subject  of  April  1st,  1837,  be 
and  it  is  hereby  repealed. 


An  ORDINANCE  providing  for  the  payment  of  the  Salaries 
of  the  Officers  of  the  Corporation,  for  the  year  1839. 

Approved  March  23d,  1839. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  following  amounts  for  the  payment  of  the  salaries  of  the 
officers  of  the  Corporation  for  the  year  1839,  be,  and  the 
same  are  hereby  appropriated,  that  is  to  say : — 

For  the  Salary  of  the  Mayor,  $ 600 

do  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  in- 

cluding compensation  for  his  services  as  Secretary  of 
the  Board  of  Aldermen,  also  for  the  performance  of 
the  duties  under  the  Ordinance  of  17th  May,  1837, 


entitled,  “An  Ordinance  for  raising  money  by  loan,”  1200 

For  the  Salary  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Market  includ- 

ing  his  services  for 

sweeping  the  same, 

275 

For  the  Salary  of  the  Captain  of  the  Watch, 

200 

Do 

Clerk  of  the  Board  Common 

Council, 

150 

Do 

Messenger  of  the  two  Boards, 

150 

Do 

Scavenger  for  superintending 
the  cleaning  of  the  Streets, 

150 

Do 

Superintendent  of  Fire  Engines, 

30 

Ail  which  (except  the  Salary  of  the  Captain  of  the  Watch, 
which  shall  be  paid  monthly,)  to  be  paid  quarterly  by  the  Clerk 
of  the  Corporation  out  of  any  unappropriated  money  in  the 
Treasury. 


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An  ORDINANCE  authorizing  a Loan  to  redeem  the  Cor- 
poration Change. 

Approved  March  23d,  1839. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
William  S.  Nicholls,  Esq.  be,  and  he  is  hereby  appointed, 
the  agent  of  this  Corporation,  with  authority  to  borrow,  on 
the  most  favorable  terms,  for  the  special  purpose  of  redeem- 
ing the  change  issue  of  this  Corporation,  and  in  such  sums 
as  may  be  needed,  a sum  not  exceeding  twenty  five  thousand 
dollars,  on  the  scrip  certificates  of  this  Corporation,  to  be 
issued  in  the  usual  form,  in  sums  not  less  than  one  hundred 
dollars  each,  bearing  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  per 
annum,  payable  half  yearly — one  fifth  of  said  certificates 
to  be  made  payable,  each,  at  one,  two,  three,  four  and  five 
years. 

Sec.  2.  And  he  it  farther  Ordained , That  for  the  purpose 
of  paying  the  principal  and  interest  of  said  loan,  the  sum 
of  five  thousand  dollars  of  the  general  tax,  to  be  levied  for 
each  of  the  present  and  next  four  years,  for  the  principal  and 
such  additional  sum  of  said  tax  for  each  year,  as  will  pay  the 
interest  for  said  year,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  solemnly 
pledged. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  farther  Ordained , That  the  Clerk  of 
the  Corporation  be,  and  he  is  hereby  directed  and  required, 
to  set  apart  as  the  same  shall  be  received  from  the  Collector 
of  Taxes  for  the  time  being,  so  much  of  the  general  Tax  as 
is  hereinbefore  pledged,  and  to  apply  the  same  to  pay  and' 
redeem  the  aforesaid  loan  and  interest  according  to  the 
terms  of  the  certificates  to  be  issued  therefor  as  aforesaid. 


An  ORDINANCE  levying  a direct  tax  for  the  year  1839, 
and  providing  for  the  collection  thereof. 

Approved  March  23d,  1839. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 


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there  shall  be,  and  hereby  is,  levied  a direct  tax  of  seventy, 
five  cents  on  every  hundred  dollars  worth  of  real  and  per- 
sonal  property  within  the  limits  of  this  Corporation,  accord- 
ing  as  the  same  stands  valued  on  the  last  book  of  assessment 
now  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  and 
such  additional  assessments  as  may  be  made  during  the 
present  year,  except  churches  and  monastary  property,  free 
school  property  and  Orphan  Asylum  on  West  street. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  Ordained , That  the  tax  hereby  levied 
and  imposed  shall  be  collected  by  William  Jewell,  appoint- 
ed Collector  on  the  first  Monday  of  January,  1839,  who 
shall,  within  thirty  days  after  he  shall  have  received  the  tax 
list  from  the  said  Clerk,  make  out  an  account  for  the 
amount  of  the  tax  chargeable  to  all  real  and  personal  pro- 
perty under  this  ordinance,  and  remaining  unpaid  ; and  shall, 
within  the  period  aforesaid,  deliver  the  same  respectively  to 
the  proprietor  of  said  property  if  he  or  she  be  a resident 
within  the  limits  of  the  town,  and  demand  payment  thereof; 
and  when  the  proprietor  shall  be  a non-resident,  the  collector 
shall  deliver  the  said  accounts  respectively,  in  the  case  of 
real  property  to  the  tenant  or  occupant  of  the  lot  or  lots  on 
which  the  same  may  be  chargeable  if  such  property  be  let 
or  occupied,  and  in  the  case  of  personal  property  to  the 
person  or  persons  in  whose  use  or  possession  the  same  may 
be,  and  demand  payment  of  the  same  from  such  tenant,  oc- 
cupant, or  possessor,  in  the  same  manner,  and  within  the 
same  period. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  JDrdained , That  in  every  instance  in 
Which  any  tax  chargeable  under  this  ordinance  shall  be  un- 
paid by  the  first  day  of  June  next,  the  said  Collector  is  here- 
by authorized  and  required  to  proceed  to  enforce  the  pay- 
ment of  said  tax,  by  distress  and  sale  of  any  personal  pro^ 
perty  belonging  to  the  person  properly  chargeable  with  said 
tax,  wherever  found  within  said  town,  and  if  no  such  per- 
sonal property  be  found,  then  by  distress  and  sale  of  such 
personal  property  as  may  be  found  on  the  premises  charge- 
able with  said  tax,  except  such  property  as  the  act  of  Con- 
gress, extending  the  jurisdiction  of  Justices  of  the  Peace  for 
the  District  of  Columbia,  exempts,  in  which  distress  and 


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sale  shall  also  be  included  and  recovered,  the  sum  of  one 
dollar  lor  the  cost  and  trouble  of  the  Collector  in  making 
such  distress  and  sale  ; and  it  shall  be  the  dutj  of  the  Col- 
lector, before  sells  any  personal  property  so  distressed, 
to  give  twenty  days  public  notice,  as  follows:  by  putting 
up  a notice  at  the  Mayor’s  Office  and  Market-house,  and 
also  serving  one  on  the  party  whose  goods  are  distrained,  of 
the  time  and  place  of  sale,  and  the  amount,  of  tax  due  for 
which  such  distress  is  made. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  Ordained , That,  when  there  is  no 
personal  property  liable,  as  aforesaid,  for  .the  payment  of 
any  tax  chargeable  on  any  lot  or  lots  or  parts  of  lots,  whether 
the  same  be  the  property  of  a resident  or  non-resident  pro- 
prietor, and  the  said  tax  shall  be  unpaid  on  the  day  before- 
mentioned,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Collector,  and  he  is 
hereby  required,  to  enforce  the  payment  of  such  tax,  by  the 
sale  of  such  lot  or  lots  or  parts  of  lots,  or  so  many  thereof 
as  may  be  necessary  ; and  the  course  of  his  proceedings 
shall  be  as  follows:  He  shall  advertise  the  property  when 
owned  by  persons  residing  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  for 
public  sale  in  some  newspaper  published  in  Georgetown, 
and  when  the  property  is  owned  by  persons  not  residing  in 
the  District  of  Columbia,  also  in  the  National  Intelligencer 
and  in  an  Alexandria  newspaper,  once  a week,  for  twelve 
successive  weeks  previous  to  the  day  of  sale ; in  which  ad- 
vertisement shall  be  stated  the  time  and  place  of  sale,  the 
number  of  the  lot  or  lots  or  parts  of  lots  intended  to  be  sold, 
the  value  of  the  assessment,  and  the  amount  of  taxes  due 
and  owing  thereon,  also  the  names  of  persons  to  whom  as-, 
sessed  ; and  if,  before  the  day  of  sale,  advertised  as  afore- 
said, the  owner,  his  agent  or  attorney,  shall  not  pay  the 
amount  of  taxes,  with  all  costs  thereon*  assessed,  the  said 
Collector  shall  sell  the  said  lot  or  lots  or  parts  of  lots,  or  as 
many  as  may  be  sufficient  to  discharge  said  taxes,  for  cash, 
and  to  the  highest  bidder,  paying  therefor  ; and  a certificate 
shall  be  issued  by  the  Collector,  setting  fortli  that  such  per- 
son is  the  purchaser,  and  the  amount  paid  by  him  ; and  if, 
at  the  expiration  of  twelve  months  from  the  day  of  sale,  the 
owner  shall  not  appear  and  pay  to  the  Collector,  the  Mayor, 


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or  the  purchaser*  the  amount  of  the  taxes  a id  co  ts,  and 
taxes  accruing  subsequent  to  the  sale,  and  ten  per  cent,  in- 
terest per  annum,  on  the  purchase  money,  it  shall  and  may 
be  lawful  for  the  Mayor,  and  he  is  hereby  required,  at  the 
expiration  of  said  time,  to  convey  the  title,  in  fee  simple , of 
said  property,  to  the  purchaser,  by  deed,  under  his  hand  and 
the  seal  of  the  Corporation. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  Ordained , That  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Collector  regularly  to  pay  over  to  the  Clerk  of  the 
Corporation  the  monies  by  him  from  time  to  time  collected, 
by  virtue  of  this  ordinance,  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  the 
ordinance  of  this  Corporation,  entitled  “An  ordinance  re- 
gulating the  Collector’s  bond,  and  for  other  purposes,”  ap- 
proved June  6th,  1829;  and  in  every  such  payment  to 
furnish  the  Clerk  with  a list  of  the  several  persons  from 
whom  such  collections  are  made,  with  the  amount  collected 
from  each;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  said  Clerk  to 
record  the  said  list  in  a book  to  be  kept  by  him  for  that 
purpose,  and  the  Collector  shall  settle  a final  account  of  his 
collections  under  this  ordinance  with  said  Clerk  by  the  first 
day  of  November  next;  in  default  whereof,  the  Collector 
shall  be  sued  forthwith  for  any  deficiency  not  paid  over,  and 
be  chargeable  with  interest  on  the  same  from  that  date,  in 
which  account  shall  be  allowed  for  his  services  at  the  rate  of 
four  per  cent,  on  the  monies  by  him  collected. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  Ordained,  That,  when  taxes  are  due 
from  the  same  person  on  more  than  one  lot  or  parts  of  lots, 
and  the  same  shall  be  offered  for  sale  as  aforesaid,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Collector  to  advertise  and  sell  for  the  taxes 
due  on  the  whole  number  of  lots  and  parts  of  lots  at  the 
same  time,  and  to  sell  no  more  lots  or  parts  of  lots  than 
may  be  sufficient  to  raise  the  whole  amount  of  taxes  and 
expenses,  and  for  the  collection  thereof  he  shall  be  allowed 
but  one  execution  fee,  and  that  the  execution  fee  in  each 
case  shall  be  one  dollar,  which  fee  with  all  the  other  expen- 
ses of  distress,  advertisement,  and  sale,  shall  be  raised  and 
paid  out  of  the  property  sold,  in  the  same  manner,  and  at  the 
same  time,  that  the  taxes  are  raised  and  paid. 


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An  ORDINANCE  providing  for  an  additional  assessment 
of  taxable  property  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Cor- 
poration of  Georgetown. 

Approved  April  6th,  1839. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
John  Myers,  Ninian  Beall,  and  Thomas  Turner,  be,  and 
they  are  hereby,  appointed  to  assess  and  value  and  make 
return,  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  by  the  first  day  of  May 
next,  of  all  and  every  species  of  property  by  law  taxable, 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown, 
and  not  heretofore  assessed,  valued  and  returned,  pursuant 
to  law. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  Ordained , That  the  said  As- 
sessors shall  each,  before  they  proceed  to  act,  take  an  oathr 
before  the  Mayor,  to  assess  and  value  the  property  directed 
to  be  assessed  by  this  ordinance,  agreeably  to  what  they 
shall  believe  it  to  be  worth  in  cash  at  the  time  of  making 
said  assessment  and  valuation. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  Ordained , That  the  Mayor, 
Recorder  and  President  of  the  Board  of  Common  Council, 
shall  be  a Board,  to  whom  all  persons  who  shall  consider 
themselves  aggrieved  under  the  assessment  directed  by  this 
Ordinance  may  appeal,  and  for  the  purpose  of  hearing  and 
deciding  upon  such  appeals,  said  Board  shall  sit  once  a week 
for  two  weeks  after  the  return  of  said  assessment — of  which 
meetings,  notice  shall  be  given  in  the  Georgetown  news- 
paper. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  Ordained , That  each  of  said 
Assessors,  shall  be  allowed,  and  paid  the  sum  of  two  dollars 
per  day,  for  every  day  he  shall  act  as  an  Assessor  under  this 
Ordinance,  provided  however  that  the  whole  amount  to  be 
allowed  and  paid,  shall  not  exceed  twenty  four  dollars. 


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A RESOLUTION,  appointing  a Committee  to  apply  to  the 
Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  Company,  relative  to  out-let 
Locks  from  the  Canal  into  the  Potomac  River. 

Approved  April  6th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
Clement  Cox  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  and  O.  M.  Linthi- 
cum  and  John  Marbury,  Board  of  Common  Council,  be, 
and  they  are  hereby,  appointed  a Committee  to  make  aps 
plication  to  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Chesapeake  and 
Ohio  Canal  Company,  to  grant  leave  to  this  Corporation  to 
construct  a set  of  out-let  Locks^from  the  Canal  into  the 
Potomac  River,  at  some  point  between  Rock  Creek  Basin 
and  the  Foundry, 


A RESOLUTION  for  the  relief  of  William  Jewell,  Collect 
tor  for  the  General  Tax  for  the  year  1838. 

Approved  April  6th,  1839.  * 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com* 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown%  That  the 
Clerk  of  the  Corporation  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized 
and  directed,  to  credit  William  Jewell,  the  Collector  of 
the  General  Tax  for  the  year  1838,  with  the  sum  of  two 
hundred  and  fifty  three  dollars  and  thirty  eight  cents,  for 
that  amount  of  the  said  tax,  which  he  has  been  unable  to 
collect  according  to  a list  by  him  exhibited  to  this  Corporation. 


A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  to  repair  certain 
Bridges. 

Approved  April  13th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  ancl  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown^  That  a 
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sum  of  money  not  exceeding  seventy  five  dollars,  be,  and  the 
same  is  hereby,  appropriated  to  be  expanded  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Mayor,  to  repair  or  renew,  if  he  should  see  ne- 
cessary, the  Bridges  over  the  College  branch,  and  at  the 
Stone  House,  on  the  road  leading  to  the  Chain  Bridge,  and 
that  the  same  be  charged  to  the  Congress  Fund. 


A RESOLUTION  authorizing  the  issuing  of  Certificates 
for  the  redemption  of  Change. 

Appro^d  April  13tli,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That 
the  Clerk  of  this  Corporation  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  author- 
ized to  issue  Certificates,  bearing  interest  at  the  rate  of  six 
per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  qyarter  yearly,  for  such  sums, 
not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars,  of  the  notes  or  bills  issued 
' by  authority  of  this  Corporation,  as  may  be  presented  to  anJ 
deposited  with  him;  which  said  Certificates  shall  be  counter- 
signed by  the  Mayor,  made  payable  to  the  depositor,  or 
order,  and  receivable  in  payment  of  all  dues  to  the  Corpo- 
ration. 


A RESOLUTION  proposing  to  obtain  a Loan  from  the 
Farmers  and  Mechanics’  Bank. 

Approved  April  13th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That  the 
Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  apply  to  the  Far- 
mers and  Mechanics’  Bank  of  Georgetown,  for,  and  to  nego 
tiate  a Loan  for  ninety  days,  of  the  sum  of  two  thousand 
dollars,  with  the  said  Bank  on  the  note  or  bond  of  this  Cor- 
poration, the  same  to  be  applied  exclusively  to  discharge  the 


interest  accrued  on  the  funded  debt  of  the  Corporation,  and* 
which  fell  due  on  the  first  of  the  present  month. 


A RESOLUTION  for  the  representation  of  the  stock  o^ 
this  Corporation,  in  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal 
Company. 

Approved  April  16th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Mayor,  Recorder,  and  Wm.  S.  Nicholls,  or  such  of  them  as 
shall  attend,  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  appointed  delegates  to 
represent  the  stock  held  by  this  Corporation  in  the  Chesapeake 
and  Ohio  Canal  Company,  at  all  general  meetings  of  said 
Company  to  be  held  during  the  present  year. 


A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  Marden  and  Meem. 

Approved  May  4th,  1839. 

Resolved,  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  thirty  one  dollars  and  ninety  one  cents,  be,  and  the 
same  is  hereby,  appropriated,  to  be  paid  by  the  Clerk,  to  the 
order  of  Marden  and  Meem,  for  repairing  the  Chain  Bridge, 
and  charge  the  same  to  the  Congress  Fund. 

A RESOLUTION  to  repeal  a Resolution, 

• Approved  May  4th,  183.9. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Resolution  in  favor  of  Nathan  Swan,  passed  January  27th, 
1838,  be,  and  tiie^  same  is  hereby,  rescinded,  and  that  the 


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Olerk  collect  the  future  rents  of  said  house,  in  said  Reso- 
lution mentioned,  for  the  use  of  the  Corporation 


A RESOLUTION  for  obtaining  a set  of  out-let  Locks  from 
the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  into  the  Potomac  River, 
at  or  near  the  western  limits  of  this  town. 

Approved  May  4th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Recorder  and  Mr.  Nicholls  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  and 
Messrs.  Linthicum  and  Marbury  of  the  Board  of  Common 
Council,  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  appointed  a Committee  to 
apply  in  behalf  of  this  Corporation,  to  the  Board  of  President 
and  Directors  of  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  Company, 
for  the  construction  of  a set  of  out-let  Locks  from  the  Canal 
into  the  Potomac,  at  or  near  the  western  limits  of  this  town, 
in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  a Resolution  of  said 
Company,  in  general  meeting,  adopted  on  the  17th  of  Sep- 
tember, 1828. 


A RESOLUTION  for  the  relief  of  Ninian  Beall,  late  Col- 
lector of  Taxes. 

Approved  May  11th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That  the 
Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorised 
and  required,  in  settling  the  accounts  of  Ninian  Beall,  as 
late  collector  of  taxes,  to  allow  him  credit  for  certain  taxes 
claimed  by  the  Corporation  to  be  due  from  John  Cox  for  the 
years  1821  and  1822 : Provided , however , that  the  credit 
hereby  directed  to  be  given  shall  not,  in  any  manner,  inter- 
fere with  the  arbitration  authorized  by  the  resolution  ap- 
proved the  17th  April,  1838,  nor  operate  as  a relinquishment 
(on  the  part  of  the  Corporation)  of  said  taxes. 


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A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  the  support 
of  the  Poor’s  House. 

Approved  May  11th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  six  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  and  fifty  cents  be,  and 
the  same  is  hereby,  appropriated  for  the  support  of  the  Poor’s 
House,  and  that  the  same  be  paid  to  the  order  of  the  Trus- 
tees of  the  Poor’s  House  out  of  any  money  not  otherwise 
appropriated. 


A RESOLUTION  in  relation  to  certain  taxes  claimed  to  be 
due  from  John  Cox,  for  the  years  1821  and  1822. 

Approved  May  11th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  A ldermen  and  Board  of  Corns 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  un- 
less the  arbitration  authorized  by  the  resolution  approved 
7th  April,  1838,  entitled  “ A Resolution  for  arbitrating  a 
claim  of  this  Cprporation  against  John  Cox,”  shall  be  finally 
disposed  of  by  the  first  day  of  July  next,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation  to  place  the  taxes  referred 
to  in  said  resolution,  in  the  hands  of  the  present  Collector, 
who  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  co'lect  the  same  in 
the  same  manner  that  other  taxes  in  his  hands  are  to  be  col- 
lected. 

And  be  it  further  Resolved , That,  instead  of  the  Recor- 
der, John  Marbury,  Esq.  is  hereby  appointed,  to  represent 
the  interest  of  this  Corporation  before  the  arbitrator  named 
in  the  resolution  of  the  7th  of  April,  1838. 


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A RESOLUTION  relative  to  the  destruction  of  Ants. 

Approved  May  25th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Gcorgetown}  That  the 
sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  he,  and  the  same  is  hereby* 
appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  destroying  Ants,  to  be  ex- 
pended under  the  direction  of  the  Mayor,  in  conjunction 
with  John  Marbury  and  Robert  White,  who  shall  render  an 
account  of  the  expenditure  to  the  Corporation. 


A RESOLUTION  appointing  a committee  to  call  on  Major 
Turnbull  and  request  of  him  his  plan  for  building  the  abut- 
ment of  the  Aqueduct  on  this  side  of  the  Potomac. 

Approved  June  1st,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Recorder  and  Messrs.  Read,  White,  and  Addison,  be,  and 
they  are  hereby,  appointed  a committee  to  call  upon  Major 
Turnbull,  and  to  ask  from  him  Epan  exhibit  of  his  plan  for  the 
northern  abutment  of  the  Aqueduct  of  the  Alexandria  Canal 
Company,  and  information  as  to  its  proposed  location. 


A RESOLUTION  for  refunding  to  Henry  Trunnell  cer- 
tain surplus  money. 

Approved  June  8th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , ThaTthe 
Clerk  refund  to  Henry  Trunnell,  or  order,  sixteen  dollars, 
being  the  amount  of  surplus  money  standing  to  the  credit  of 
Thomas  Spencer  on  the  books  of  the  Corporation,  for  the 
sale  of  his  house  and  lot,  one  of  the  20  buildings  on  Fourth 
street,  and  purchased  by  said  Trunnell  at  a tax  sale  on  the 


5th  of  November  last,  which  sale,  by  reason  of  there  being 
personal  property  enough  on  the  premises  to  satisfy  the  tax, 
was  illegal,  and  is  therefore  void. 


A SUPPLEMENT  to  the  Resolution  for  obtaining  a set  of 
out-let  locks  from  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  into 
the  Potomac  river,  at  or  near  the  western  limits  of  this 
town. 

Approved  June  18th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com* 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Committee  heretofore  appointed  by  the  resolution  to  which 
this  is  a supplement,  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  charged  with 
the  additional  duty  of  inviting  the  assent  of  the  corporate 
authorities  of  the  city  of  Washington  and  the  town  of  Alex- 
andria,  to  the  resolution  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Chesa- 
peake and  Ohio  Canal  Company,  in  general  meeting,  on  the 
the  17th  of  September,  1828,  on  the  subject  of  out-iet  locks 
from  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  into  the  river  Potomac. 


A RESOLUTION  for  extending  the  time  of  reference  of 
the  case  of  John  Cox. 

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Approved  July  6th,  1839. 

§ 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
time  limited  bv  the  resolution  approved  the  11th  day  of  May, 
in  the  year  1839,  for  the  ternination  of  the  reference  in  the 
matter  of  this  Corporation  arid  John  Cox,  Esq.  be,  and  the 
same  is  hereby,  extended  to  the  first  day  of  August  next, 
and  that  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation  forbear  to  place  the 
bills  of  the  said  John  Cox  fir  taxes  due,  and  referred  to 
Judge  Morsell,  in  the  hands  pf  the  Collector  until  after  the 
said  first  day  of  August. 


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A RESOLUTION  tendering  the  thanks  of  this  Corpora- 
tion to  the  Major  and  City  Council  of  Baltimore,  for  the 
volume  of  the  laws  of  that  city,  presented  to  this  Corpo- 
ration. 

Approved  July  9th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown)  That  the 
thanks  of  this  Corporation  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  tendered 
to  the  Mayor  and  City  Council  of -Baltimore,  for  the  volume 
of  the  laws  of  that  City  presented  to  this  Corporation,  and 
that  the  Mayor  of  this  town  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized 
and  requested  to  cause  to  be- bound,  in  a neat  and  handsome 
style,  a volume  of  the  laws  of  this  Corporation,  and  cause  / 
the  same  to  be  presented  in  suitable  terms  to  the  Mayor  and 
City  Council  of  Baltimore,  pegging  their  acceptance  of  the 
same. 


RESOLUTION  respecting  the  Potomac  Aqueduct. 

Approved  July  9th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Recorder  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorised  and  requested  to 
ascertain,  by  correspondence  with  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio 
Canal  Company  and  the  Alexandria  Canal  Company,  whe- 
ther reasonable  arrangements  will  be  entered  into  by  said 
Companies  for  protecting  this  town  and  its  citizens  from  all 
damages  to  result  from  the  mode  of  constructing  the  Poto* 
mac  Aqueduct;  and  if  the  same  can  be  effected  to  enter 
into  such  arrangements,  subject  to  the  ratification  of  this 
Corporation,  and  to  notify  said  companies  that  the  further 
prosecution  of  the  work  cannot.be  sanctioned  unless  ar- 
rangements satisfactory  to  this  Corporation  are  entered  into. 


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A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  the  des- 
truction of  Ants. 

Approved  July  9,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  ap- 
propriated, to  be  expended  under  the  direction  of  the  May- 
or, in  conjunction  with  Messrs.  White  and  Marbury,  in  the 
destruction  of  ants,  and  that  the  Clerk  pay  the  same  to 
the  order  of  the  Mayor  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not 
otherwise  appropriated. 


RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  printing  a 
portion  of  the  Laws  of  the  Corporation. 

Approved  July  9th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Clerk  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  pay  to  William  A. 
Rind,  Sen.,  the  sum  of  seventy*five  dollars  for  printing  the 
Resolutions  and  Ordinances  of  the  Corporation,  from  Dec. 
31,  1821,  to  August  19,  1826,  inclusive,  out  of  any  unap- 
propriated money  in  the  treasury. 


A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  to  pay  an 
award  to  in  favor  of  John  H.  King.  * • 

Approved  July  9th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown x That  the 
Clerk  of  the  Corporation  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  directed  to 
pay  John  H.  King  seven  hundred  and  eighty-three  dollars 
and  nine  cents,  with  interest  from  May  12,  1835,  in  full 
for  his  claim  for  powder  lost  through  the  Magazine,  as 
awarded  by  the  arbitrators  to  whom  said  claim  was  referred. 

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A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  Samuel  Hudson. 

Approved  July  13th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  seven  dollars  and  fifty  cents  be  paid  by  the  Clerk  to 
the  order  of  Samuel  Hudson,  in  full  payment  for  all  demands 
against  the  Corporation,  for  the  board  of  Joseph  Hudson  up 
to  the  passage  of  this  resolution. 


A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  to  pay  for  the 
annual  printing  expenses  ofthe  Corporaiion. 

Approved  July  9th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  four  hundred  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  ap- 
propriated to  pay  for  publishing  in  the  Potomac  Advocate, 
for  one  year,  the  proceedings,  laws,  advertisements,  the  usual 
notices  of  elections,  and  such  documents  as  may  be  ordered 
to  be  published,  from  time  to  time,  by  the  Corporation,  and 
the  Clerk  is  hereby  directed  to  pay  for  the  same  to  the  editor 
of  the  Potomac  Advocate  in  quarterly  payments,  in  advance* 
commencing  the  first  day  of  July,  1839. 


A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  the  support 
of  the  Poor. 

Approved  July  13th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That  the 
sum  of  four  hundred  and  seven  dollars  and  ninety-six  cents 
be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  appropriated  to  be  paid  by  the 
Clerk  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  ap- 
propriated, to  the  order  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Poor,  to  meet 
the  expenditure  of  the  Poor  House  establishment  for  the 
quarter  ending  June  30,  1839. 


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An  ORDINANCE  for  the  encouragement  of  the  intro- 
duction of  Factories  within  the  limits  of  Georgetown. 

Approved  July  18th,  1839. 

Sec.  1.  Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and 
Board  of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown, 
That,  by  way  of  encouraging  the  introduction  of  Factories 
within  the  town,  the  faith  of  this  Corporation  is  pledged  to 
exempt  from  all  taxes  which  may,  from  time  to  time,  be  im- 
posed for  the  general  purposes  of  the  town,  for  a period  of 
ten  years,  (commencing  for  the  same  from  the  year  during 
which  the  said  Factory  is  put  and  continued  in  active  ope- 
ration) all  the  ground,  buildings  thereon  erected,  machinery 
therein  placed,  and  othei  appertenances  thereto,  of  any  in- 
dividual or  company,  who  shall  first  erect  and  set  in  opera- 
tion, as  aforesaid,  a factory  within  the  limits  ol' Georgetown, 
and  who  shall  employ  in  the  erection  and  setting  in  opera- 
tion, as  aforesaid,  fifty  thousand  dollars  or  more,  including 
the  value  of  the  ground. 

Sec.  2 Be  it  further  Ordained , that  the  faith  of  the  Cor- 
poration is  likewise. pledged  to  exempt  from  taxes,  as  afore* 
said,  for  a period  of  six  years,  all  the  ground,  buildings, 
machinery  and  other  appertenances  of  any  individual  or 
company,  who  shall  next  erect  and  set  in  active  operation  as 
aforesaid,  the  second  factory,  employing,  as  aforesaid,  a like 
capital  of  fifty  thousand  dollars,  or  more. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  Ordained , that  the  faith  of  the 
Corporation  is  likewise  pledged  to  exempt  from  taxes,  as 
aforesaid,  for  a period  of  four  years,  all  the  ground,  buildings, 
machinery  and  other  appertenances  of  any  individual  or 
company,  who  shall  erect  and  set  in  active  operation  as 
aforesaid,  a third  Factory,  employing  a like  capital  of  fifty 
thousand  dollars,  or  more  : provided,  that  the  benefits  and 
privileges  of  this  ordinance  shall  not  accrue  to  any  Factory 
which  shall  not  be  erected  and  put  in  operation  before  the 
beginning  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  forty-two. 


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A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  the  Falls  Bridge  Turnpike 
/ Company. 

Approved  September  13th,  1839. 

Whereas , it  is  greatly  for  the  interest  of  the  citizens  of 
this  town,  that  the  road  of  the  Falls  Bridge  Turnpike  Com- 
pany  be  placed  in  good  travelling  order,  and  application  has 
been  made  by  said  company  to  this  Corporation  for  a loan  in 
aid  of  the  object;  therefore, 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Coni" 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Corporation  will  loan  to  the  said  Turnpike  Company,  the  sum 
of  two  thousand  dollars  in  the  scrip  certificates  of  this  Cor- 
poration, in  the  usual  form,  bearing  interest  at  the  rate  of 
six  per  centum  per  annum,  payable  quarter  yearly,  and  re- 
deemable in  five  years,  to  be  applied  exclusively  to  the  repairs 
of  said  road  : provided,  that  said  company  shall,  before  re- 
ceiving the  sarrfe,  make  an  assignment  and  pledge  in  due 
form  of  law,  to  be  approved  by  the  Recorder,  of  its  road 
property  and  effects,  subject  only  to  the  unalienable  control 
therein  vested  as  a trust  in  said  company,  to  Clement  Cox, 
Samuel  McKenney,  and  Robert  Read,  as  trustees,  to  secure 
the  due  and  faithful  payment  by  said  company,  of  said  sums 
of  principal  and  interest  thereon,  at  the  respective  times 
when  this  Corporation  shall  be  bound,  by  the  terms  of  the 
said  certificates,  to  pay  the  same  to  the  holders  thereof,  or  as 
to  said  principal,  as  much  sooner  as  the  said  nett  revenue 
and  income  will  allow. 

Resolved  f urther^  that  on  said  assignment  and  pledge  be- 
ing duly  executed  as  aforesaid,  the  Clerk  do  issue  to  said 
company,  scrip  certificates  as  aforesaid,  to  said  amount  of 
two  thousand  dollars,  in  such  sums,  of  not  less  than  one 
hundred  dollars  each,  as  shall  be  required  by  said  company. 


A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  N.  Beall. 

Approved  October  19th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 


Clerk  he,  and  he  is  hereby,  directed  to  pay  to  N.  Beall,  the 
sum  of  forty  dollars  and  seventy-one  cents,  being  a balance 
due  him  as  Collector  of  the  General  Tax  for  the  years  1833, 
1834,  and  1835,  as  stated  by  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation. 


A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  the  sup- 
port of  the  Poor,  for  the  quarter  ending  September 
30th,  1839. 

Approved  October  19th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  Ike  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  three  hundred  and  seventy-eight  dollars  and  thirty- 
two  cents  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  to  meet 
the  expenses  of  the  Poor  House  establishment  for  the  quarter 
ending  the  30th  September,  1839;  which  sum  the  Clerk  of 
the  Corporation  is  hereby  required  to  pay  to  the  order  of  a 
majority  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Poor,  out  of  any  money  in 
the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated.  , 


A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  John  Marbury. 

Approved  October  19th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com * 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  twenty-five  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  appro- 
priated to  be  paid  by  the  Clerk  to  John  Marbury,  for  his 
legal  services  in  the  case  of  the  Corporation  against  John 
Cox,  Esq.  referred  to  James  S.  Morsell,  Esq. 


A RESOLUTION  directing  a settlement  of  the  account  of 
John  Cox  for  certain  taxes. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Clerk  of  the  Corporation  close  the  account  of  John  Cox,  for 


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taxes  accrued  on  property  within  this  town,  assessed  to  the 
said  John  Cox  for  the  years  1821  and  1822,  by  a general 
credit  pursuant  to  the  award  of  Janies  S.  Morsell,  Esq. 


A RESOLUTION  for  the  relief  of  Sampson  Simms. 

Approved  November  2d,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com* 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  seventy-seven  doilars  and  twenty-four  cents  be.  and 
the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  to  be  paid  to  Sampson 
Simms,  for  repairs  done  by  him  on  the  Canal  and  Chain 
Bridges,  for  his  account  dated  9th  September,  1839. 


A RESOLUTION  making  an  Appropriation  in  aid  of  the 
Contingent  Fund. 

Approved  November  2d,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  two  hundred  dollars  he,  and  is  hereby  appropriated, 
in  aid  of  the  contingent  fund,  to  he  paid  by  the  Clerk  to  the 
order  of  the  Mayor,  as  the  same  may  be  needed,  to  meet 
such  expenditures  as  have  been  usually  charged  to  said  fund. 


A RESOLUTION  authorizing  the  Mayor  to  make  applica- 
tion to  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  Company,  to  re* 
imburse  certain  Expenditures  made  by  the  Corporation  of 
Georgetown,  in  repairing  the  Canal  Bridge. 

Approved  November  2d,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  required  to  make  application  to 
the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  Company,  to  reimburse  to 


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the  Corporation  the  amount  that  has  been  expended  from 
the  treasury  of  the  town,  in  making  repairs  to  the  bridge 
across  the  Canal  leading  to  the  Chain  Bridge,  since  the 
first  construction  of  said  Bridge  by  the  Canal  Company. 


A RESOLUTION  reinstating  the  5th  section  of  the  Market 
Law,  which  contains  certain  restrictions  on  Huckstering, 
and  for  other  purposes. 

Approved  November  9th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  from 
and  after  the  first  day  of  December  next,  the  first  section  of 
the  Resolution  entitled  A resolution  repealing  certain  re- 
strictions on  Hucksters,  approved  February  4,  1837, ” be, 
and  is  hereby  repealed,  and  that  the  fifth  section  of  the  ordi- 
nance for  the  better  regulation  of  the  market,  approved  the 
22  d January,  1831,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  re-enacted. 

Be  it  further  resolved \ that  no  license  shall  hereafter  be 
granted  to  any  butcher  for  any  stall,  shambles  or  benches  in 
the  market,  for  a less  period  of  time  than  one  year,  and  that 
from  and  after  the  expiration  of  the  licenses  heretofore 
granted,  every  butcher  taking  a license  for  any  stall,  shamble 
or  bench  in  the  said  market,  shall  pay  the  sum  of  twenty 
dollars  per  annum  for  the  same. 


A RESOLUTION  to  repeal  the  seventh  section  of  a Sup- 
plement to  an  Ordinance,  approved  14th  June,  1838. 

Approved  November  9th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com* 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
7th  section  of  the  supplement  to  an  Ordinance  entitled  “An 
ordinance  for  regulating  the  weighing  of  hay,  straw,  and 
fodder;”  approved  14th  June,  1808,  be,  and  the  same  is 
hereby  repealed. 


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A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  Ann  Connely  and  Mary 
Connely. 

Approved  November  23d,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That  the 
Clerk  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed,  to  pay 
to  Ann  Connely  and  Mary  Connely,  the  sum  of  one  hundred 
and  nine  dollars,  out  of  any  unappropriated  money  in  the 
treasury  : provided,  that  in  consideration  of  said  payment, 
they  execute  to  this  Corporation  a full  acquittance  and  dis- 
charge for  all  damages  to  their  property,  fronting  on  the 
north  side  of  Water  street,  between  Congress  and  Jefferson 
streets,  by  reason  of  the  changes  heretofore  made  by  the 
Corporation  in  the  grade  of  Water  street. 


A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  to  pay  for  cer- 
tain  repairs  upon  the  upper  road  leading  to  the  Chain 
Bridge. 

Approved  November  23d,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  dollars  and  fifty-six 
cents  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  to  pay  sundry 
repairs  upon  the  upper  road,  and  that  the  same  be  paid  by 
the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation  to  the  order  of  the  Commis- 
sioners of  said  road,  to  be  by  them  applied  to  pay  for  said 
repairs;  the  same  to  be  charged  to  the  Congress  Fund,  with 
the  amount  appropriated  on  the  2d  November,  1839,  for 
repairs  made  by  Sampson  Simms  to  the  canal  and  chain 
bridges. 


A RESOLUTION  providing  for  certain  purchases  for  the 
use  of  this  Corporation. 

Approved  November  23d,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  all 
purchases  of  fuel,  lights  and  stationary,  for  the  use  of  the 
Corporation,  and  of  other  articles  required  for  either  Board, 
shall  hereafter  be  made  by  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation  ; 
and  that  to  defray  the  cost  of  such  purchases,  there  be,  and 
is  hereby  appropriated,  and  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the 
Clerk,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars,  out  of  any  money 
in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 


A RESOLUTION  approving  a certain  letter  of  the  Mayor 
to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

Approved  December  3d,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Corporation  approves  of  the  letter  of  the  Mayor,  of  the 
25th  ult.,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  in  answer  to  his 
communication  of  the  23d  ult.,  and  that  the  Mayor  be,  and 
he  is  hereby  requested,  to  transmit  a copy  of  this  Resolution 
to  the  honorable  Secretary. 


A RESOLUTION  in  relation  to  the  Western  Tobacco 
Warehouse. 

Approved  December  14th,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Coni' 
man  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Mayor  be,  and  be  is  hereby,  required  to  enforce  a compliance 
with  the  Resolution — approved  the  29th  of  October  1838, 
and  entitled  il  A Resolution  for  letting  the  Western  Tobacco 
Warehouse,”  and  especially  that  part  of  the  said  Resolution 
which  requires  said  Tobacco  Warehouse  to  be  kept  con^ 
stantly  insured  against  Fire. 

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A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  Henry  Trunnel. 

Approved  December  21st,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  five  dollars,  in  addition  to  the  sum  appropriated  by 
a Resolution  approved  8th  June,  1839,  in  favor  of  Henry 
Trunnel,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  directed  to  be  paid  by 
the  Clerk  to  Henry  Trunnel,  being  a balance  due  him  of 
the  purchase  money  paid  the  Collector  of  Taxes,  for  one  of 
the  twenty  buildings,  said  sale  being  illegal. 


A RESOLUTION  authorizing  the  Clerk  to  settle  an  account 
with  the  Inspector  of  Tobacco. 

Approved  December  31st,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That  the 
Clerk  of  the  Corporation  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  directed  to 
settle  with  Geo.  B.  Magruder,  from  the  period  of  his  last 
settlement  to  the  13th  July  last,  inclusive,  remitting  the 
charge  standing  against  said  Inspector,  of  fifty  cents  per 
Hogshead  on  every  Hogshead  of  Tobacco,  delivered  from 
the  Ware-house  within  the  period  aforesaid. 

Sec.  2.  Resolved  further,  That  from  and  after  the  13th 
July  as  aforesaid,  and  until  the  further  action  of  the  Cor- 
poration, the  Inspector  shall  pay  over  to  the  Clerk  of  the 
Corporation  twenty  five  cents  per  Hogshead,  for  each  and 
every  Hogshead  of  Tobacco  he  may  deliver  from  the  Ware- 
house, and  that  he  conform  in  every  other  particular  to  the 
laws  now  in  force,  relating  . to  the  office  of  Inspector  of 
Tobacco. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  Resolved , That  the  Resolution 
entitled  A Resolution,  in  relation  to  the  Inspector  of  To- 
bacco, approved  13th  July,  1839,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
repealed. 


3, 


A RESOLUTION  directing  the  Western  Tobacco  Warv 
house  to  be  Insured.. 

Approved  Dscember  31st,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com* 
man  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  requested  to  have  the  Western 
Tobacco  Ware-house  insured  for  one  year  forthwith,  and 
that  he  proceed,  without  delay,  to  collect  the  cost  of  said 
Insurance  from  the  persons  to  whom  said  Warehouse  is  at 
present  under  lease. 


A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  the  relief  of 
the  Poor. 

Approved  December  31st,  1839. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown}  That  the 
sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby, 
appropriated  for  the  relief  of  the  distressed  Poor  of  the  town* 
and  the  Clerk  is  hereby  directed  to  pay  the  same  to  the 
order  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Poor,  who  are  hereby  requested 
to  apply  the  said  money  for  the  relief  of  the  suffering  Poor 
of  the  town,  in  providing  fuel  and  provision,  in  such  manner 
as  in  their  judgement  may  seem  best. 


An  ORDINANCE  for  a new  Assessment  of  the  Real  and 
Personal  Property  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Corpora* 
tion  of  Georgetown,  and  providing  for  an  annual  additional 
Assessment  until  the  next  General  Assessment. 

% 

Approved  January  4th,  1840. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 


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a new  and  general  assessment  shall  be  forthwith  made  of  all' 
the  real  and  personal  properly  within  the  jurisdiction  of 
this  Corporation,  liable  to  assessment  under  the  Charter  of 
the  Corporation,  upon  the  principles  of  the  Ordinance  en- 
titled “ An  Ordinance  for  a new  assessment  of  the  real  and 
personal  property  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Corporation 
of  Georgetown,  approved  December  31st  1834, 51  by  asses- 
sors, to  be  elected  as  is  provided  in  and  by  the  said  Ordi- 
nance. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  Ordained , that  until  the  next  general  as- 
sessment shall  be  made,  or  until  it  shall  be  hereafter  other- 
wise ordered,  the  assessors  so  to  be  elected  by  joint  ballot  of 
the  two  Boards,  shall  annually  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
April  in  each  and  every  year,  enumerate  and  assess,  upon 
the  principle  of  the  general  assessment  hereby  ordered,  all 
real  and  personal  property  within  the  town,  liable  to  assess- 
ment, which  shall  not  then  appear  to  have  been  assessed, 
and  that  they  return  an  account  thereof  to  the  Clerk  of  the 
Corporation  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  May  annually. 


A RESOLUTION  directing  the  daily  renting  of  certain 
Stalls  in  the  Market  House. 

Approved  January  4th,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetoivn , That 
every  person  who  shall  come  under  the  description  of  a 
Huckster,  except  such  as  pay  yearly,  shall  pay  to  the  Clerk 
of  the  Market  the  sum  of  twelve  and  a half  cents,  for  each 
day,  or  part  of  a day,  he  or  she  shall  occupy,  a stall  or  stand, 
in  the  South  end  of  the  Market,  as  shall  be  designated  by  the 
Clerk  of  the  Market. 

Sec.  2.  And  that  the  Clerk  of  the  Market  shall  make 
quarterly  returns  of  all  money  so  collected  to  the  Clerk  of 
the  Corporation,  retaining  for  his  services,  for  collecting  the 
*ame,  twenty  five  per  cent. 


A RESOLUTION  appointing  a Committee  to  attend  to  the 
interests  of  this  town  before  Congress. 

Approved  January  4th,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the.  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That  the 
Mayor,  Recorder,  John  Kurtz,  and  Samuel  McKennev,  be, 
and  they  are  hereby,  appointed  a Committee  to  present  to  the 
consideration  of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  such 
matters  as  this  Corporation  may  from  time  to  time  direct,  as 
being  conducive  to  the  interest  of  the  town. 


An  ORDINANCE  fixing  the  Salaries  of  the  Corporation 
Officers  for  the  year  1840. 

Approved  January  7th,  1840. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Boami 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 


the  following  Salaries  for  the  year  1840,  be,  and  they  are 
hereby  established,  viz  : — 

Salary  for  the  Mayor,  at  the  rate  of  $609  00 

Do  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  includ- 
ing his  services  as  Secretary 
of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  1,200  GO1 

Do  two  Police  Officers,  each  * 150  €0 

Do  Clerk  of  the  Market,  including  • 

the  sweeping  thereof  275  00 

Do  Captain  of  the  Watch,  200  00 

Do  Clerk  of  the  Board-  of  Common 

Council,  150  00 

Do  Messenger  of  the  two  Boards,  150  00 

Do  Scavenger,  150  00 


And  that  the  same  be  paid  quarterly,  except  the  Salary  of 
the  Captain  of  the  Watch,  which  shall  he  paid  monthly,  by 
the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation,  out  of  any  money  not  otherwise 
appropriated. 


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A RESOLUTION  to  instruct  the  Committee  having  care 
of  the  interest  of  this  Town  before  Congress. 

Approved  February  1st,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com* 
won  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
establishment  of  a sound  and  well  regulated,  banking  insti- 
tution within  this  town,  will  greatly  promote  its  commercial 
prosperity.  That  this  Corporation  have  full  faith,  on  the 
solvency  of  the  Farmers  and  Mechanics’  Bank  of  George- 
town, the  Charter  of  which  institution  is  about  to  expire, 
and  expect  with  anxiety  the  re-charter  by  Congress,  of  that 
institution,  with  such  modifications  in  the  act  of  incorpora- 
tion, as  may  be  deemed  advisable;  that  the  Committee  ap- 
pointed to  superintend  the  interests  of  this  town,  before 
Congress  be,  and  they  are  hereby  instructed,  to  use  such 
endeavors,  in  conjunction  with  the  President  of  said  Bank, 
as  may  be  best  calculated,  to  obtain  the  passage  of  a law 
through  Congress,  for  the  renewal  of  the  charter  of  said 
Bank. 


A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  the  support 
of  the  Poor. 

■ y I • ^ 

Approved  February  1st,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  five  hundred  and  fifty  four  dollars  and  twenty  eight 
cents,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  to  meet  the 
expenditures  of  the  poor  house  establishment,  for  the  quarter 
ending  the  31st  day  of  December,  1839,  which  sum  the  Clerk 
of  the  Corporation  is  hereby  required  to  pay  to  the  order 
of  a majority  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Poor,  out  of  any  money 
in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 


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A RESOLUTION  to  amend  the  Charter  6P  the  Town. 

Approved  February  1st,  1840. 

j Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Committee  appointed  to  superintend  the  interest 
of  this  town  before  Congress,  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  re- 
quested to  obtain  such  an  amendment  of  the  Charter  of  the 
town,  as  will  confer  upon  this  Corporation  all  the  powers  of 
taxation,  which  have  been  conferred  upon  the  Corporation 
of  W ashington. 


A RESOLUTION  appointing  Judges  of  Elections  for  the 
year  1840. 

Approved  February  1st,- 1849. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
John  I.  Stull,  Charles  E.  Eckel,  John  Myers,  Lewis  Car- 
bery,  and  Judson  Mitchell,  or  a majority  of  them  be,  and 
they  are  hereby,  appointed  judges  of  the  next  general  elec- 
tion—and  of  all  elections  of  this  Corporation,  which  may 
be  necessary  to  be  held  until  the  fourth  Monday  of  February, 
1841. 


A RESOLUTION  appointing  a Superintendent  of  the 
Fish  Wharf. 

Approved  February  12th,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That  from 
and  after  the  15th  day  of  March  next,  the  Fish  Wharf  shall 
be  conducted;  during  the'  fishing  season,  or  to  the  1st  day 
of  June  next,  by  a Superintendent,  to  be  elected  by  joint 
nallot  of  the  two  Boards,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  place  the 
Wharf  in  a suitable  condition  for  cleaning  fish,  at  the  pub- 
lic expense  ; to  superintend  the  same  at  all  hours  ; to  see 
that  all  laws  relating  thereto,  and  which  shall  not  be  incoti- 


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Istent  with  this  resolution,  and  more  especially  those  which 
prohibit  the  forestalling  of  fish,  be  rigidly  enforced;  to 
collect  and  keep  an  account  of  all  rents  and  wharfage  ; to 
sell  and  dispose  of  the  oiTall  to  the  best  advantage,  and  pay 
over  the  same,  weekly,  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  Resolved,  That,  before  entering 
upon  the  duties  of  his  office  the  said  Superintendentshall  make 
oath  or  affirmation,  before  the  Mayor,  tfoit  he  will  discharge 
the  duties  of  his  office  with  integrity  and  fidelity,  and  for 
his  services  during  the  time  prescribed  in  the  first  section 
of  this  resolution,  he  shall  be  allowed  the  sum  of  three  dol- 
lars per  day,  to  be  paid  by  the  Clerk,  weekly,  out  of  his  re- 
ceipts from  the  wharfage,  Slc.  turned  over  to  him  by  the  Su- 
perintendent. 

Sec.  3,  And  be  it  further  Resolved,  That,  on  the  first  day 
of  June  next,  the  Mayor-'  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to 
rent  the  said  Fish  Wharf,  giving  two  weeks  public  notice 
of  the  same,  whose  term  of  lease  shall  expire  on  the  14th 
of  March  thereafter;  and  in  the  event  of  not  renting,  the 
Mayor  shall  appoint  an  agent  to  collect  the  wharfage  there- 
on during  the  period  for  which  he  is  hereby  authorized  to 
rent  the  same,  and  to  pay  over  the  same,  weekly,  as  above, 
and  the  Mayor  is  hereby  required  to  give  publicity  to  the 
provisions  of  this  law  in  the  newspapers  of  Rockville,  Fred- 
ericktown,  and  Leesburg,  and  also  by  the  circulation  of 
handbills  in  the  adjacent  county. 


An  ORDINANCE  modifying  ct  An  ordinance  appointing 
Trustees  for  the  relief  of  the  Poor,  and  for  other  purposes.” 

Approved  February  12th,  1840. 

Be  it  Ordained]  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , 
That  the  Ordinance  approved  the  30th  of  December,  1826, 
entitled  tl  An  Ordinance  appointing  Trustees  for  the  relief 
of  the  poor  and  for  other  purposes,”  be,  and  the  same  is 
hereby,  so  modified  as  to  authorize  and  require  the  Board  of 
Trustees  to  appoint  from  their  own  body,  annually,  a com- 


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mittee  of  three,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  meet  once  a week 
at  the  Poor  House,  and  superintend  and  regulate  the  affairs 
of  the  establishment  according  to  the  provisions  of  the  Or- 
dinance approved  the  30th  of  December,  1826,  as  above  re- 
ferred to;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  committee  to  lay 
before  the  Board  of  Trustees,  quarter-yearly,  a fair  and  dis- 
tinct account  in  writing,  of  all  moneys  by  them  received 
and  expended  : said  statement  to  be  sustained  by  regular 
and  proper  vouchers,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  to  report  said  account  and  vouchers  to  the 
Corporation  at  their  next  meeting  after  said  account  and 
vouchers  shall  have  been  rendered  to  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

And  be  it  further  Ordained , That  each  member  of  the 
committee,  who  shall  be  appointed  under  the  foregoing  sec- 
tion, shall  be  allowed  the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  each  day  he 
shall  attend  at  the  Poor  House : Provided , That  not  more 
than  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  shall  be  paid  in  any  one 
year  for  the  services  of  said  committee. 


A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  the  Recorder. 

Approved  February  12th,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com .** 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  and  ninety  dollars  and  fifty-three  cents 
be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated,  to  be  paid  to  the 
order  of  Clement  Cox,  Esq.  for  his  legal  services  as  Coun- 
sel of  the  Corporation,  as  per  his  account  of  Dec.  31,  1839. 


A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  repairing 
the  Free  Turnpike  Road  leading  to  the  Chain  Bridge. 

* 

Approved  February  12th,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That  the 

sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as 

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n>ay  be  necessary,  be,  and  tbe  same  is  hereby,  appropriated 
out  of  the  Congress  Fund,  for  repairing  the  free  turnpike 
road  leading  to  the  Falls  bridge,  to  be  expended  under  the 
direction  of  the  Mayor,  who  shall  file  an  account,  with  pro- 
per vouchers,  for  his  expenditures  with  the  Clerk  of  the 
Corporation. 


A RESOLUTION  in  fa\or  of  Lewis  Carbery. 

Approved  February  12th,  1840. 

Resolved  hy  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com + 
mon  Council  oj  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  sixty-eight  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  ap- 
propriated, to  be  paid  by  the  Clerk  to  the  order  of  Lewis 
Carbery  for  services  rendered  this  Corporation  as  Surveyor, 
as  per  his  account  of  September  26th,  1839. 


A RESOLUTION  providing  for  the  Vaccination  of  the  pcor. 

Approved  February  12th,  1840. 

. Resolved  hy  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Trustees  of  the  Poor  make  all  needful  provision  for  the 
Vaccination  of  the  poor  of  the  town  : provided,  however, 
that  the  expense  thereof  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  fifty 
dollars. 


A RESOLUTION  appointing  a committee  to  wait  on  Ma- 
jor Turnbull. 

Approved  February  12tli,  1840. 

Resolved  hy  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
John  Kurtz  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen,  and  the  President 
of  the  Board  of  Common  Council,  be  a committee  to  call 


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on  Major  Turnbull  and  request  him  to  have  the  stone  and 
other  obstructions  in  the  road  leading  to  the  Ferry  on  the 
Virginia  side  of  the  river  removed. 


RESOLUTION  instructing  the  committee  appointed  to 
represent  the  interests  of  this  town  before  Congress. 

Approved  February  20th,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That  the 
committee  charged  with  the  representation  of  the  interests 
of  this  town  before  Congress  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  in- 
structed to  use  their  Exertions  to  procure  from  that  body 
the  passage  of  laws  for  erecting  a stone  or  other  permanent 
bridge  across  Rock  Creek,  at  or  near  the  western  termination 
of  Pennsylvania  avenue,  and  also  to  rebuild  the  Chain  Bridge, 
for  the  establishment  of  a Common  School  Fund  for  the 
District  of  Columbia,  and  to  prevent  the  passage  of  any  law 
authorizing  the  Falmouth  and  Alexandria  Railroad  Com- 
pany to  construct  any  additional  bridge  or  viaduct  across  the 
Potomac,  without  the  express  ' consent  of  the  town,  first 
had  therefor;  and  that  the  same  committee  be  authorized 
and  requested  to  urge  the  passage  of  any  other  laws  that  in 
their  judgment  shall  conduce  to  the  interests  of  the  town. 


RESOLUTION  adding  Thomas  Turner  to  the  committee 
representing  the  interests  of  the  town  before  Congress. 

Approved  February  20th,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
Thomas  Turner  be  added  to  the  committee  already  appoint- 
ed by  the  two  Boards  to  attend  to  our  interests  before  Con- 
gress. 


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A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  to  pay  the  Con- 
tingent expenses  of  the  two  Boards. 

Approved  February  22d,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  ap- 
propriated, to  be  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Clerk,  for  the 
purchase  of  such  articles  as  may  be  required  for  the  use  of 
the  Corporation,  in  accordance  with  a Resolution  entitled 
“ A Resolution  providing  for  certain  purchases  for  the  use 
of  this  Corporation,”  approved  23d  November,  1839,  and 
that  the  Clerk  pay  the  same  out  of  any  money  in  the  Trea- 
sury not  otherwise  appropriated. 


A RESOLUTION  instructing  the  committee  appointed  to 
attend  to  the  interests  of  the  town  before  Congress. 

Approved  February  22d,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
committee  appointed  to  attend  to  the  interests  of  the  towh 
before  Congress  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  instructed  to  con- 
fer with  the  authorities  of  Washington  City  and  the  town  of 
Alexandria,  or  with  any  committees  which  have  been,  oi  may 
be,  appointed  by  said  city  and  town,  on  the  subject  of  the 
application  which  has  been  made  by  the  State  of  Maryland 
to  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  for  a transfer  to 
that  State  of  the  stock  held  by  the  United  States,  and  the 
City  of  Washington , and  Alexandria,  and  this  Town  in  the 
Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  Company,  and  endeavor  to 
effect  a concert  of  action  between  said  City  and  Towns,  in 
respect  to  the  application  of  said  State  of  Maryland. 


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RESOLUTION  for  the  repairs  of  the  High  Street  and 
Fish  Wharves. 

Approved  March  3d,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com* 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
proposition  of  Joseph  Radcliffe  for  the  repairs  of  the  High 
Street  and  Fish  Wharves  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  ac- 
cepted, and  that  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  eighty-two 
dollars  and  fifty  cents  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropria- 
ted, to  defray  the  expense  of  said  repairs,  which  sum  shall 
be  paid,  in  the  manner  to  be  hereinafter  provided,  out  of 
any  money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 

Resolved  farther , That  Joseph  Libby  be,  and  he  is  here- 
by, appointed  Commissioner,  to  superintend  the  execution 
of  said  repairs,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  see  that  said  re* 
pairs  are  made  in  a substantial  and  workmanlike  manner, 
and  with  the  least  delay  ; and  the  Clerk  shall  pay  said  sum 
of  money  to  his  order,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  settle  his 
account  of  disbursements  under  this  resolution  with  the 
Clerk  as  soon  as  conveniently  may  be,  after  the  completion 
of  the  work. 


RESOLUTION  for  extinguishing  a part  of  the  Stock 
Debt  of  this  Corporation. 

Approved  March  3d,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgelcivn , That  the 
Clerk  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed,  with 
the  consent  of  the  creditor,  to  extinguish  forthwith,  the 
principal  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars,  with  all  interest 
accrued  thereon,  of  the  stock  debt  of  this  Corporation,  cre- 
ated under  an  Ordinance  of  23d  March,  1839,  authorizing 
a loan  to  redeem  the  Corporation  Change,  by  applying  to 
that  object  an  adequate  amount  of  the  special  deposite  of 
the  Corporation,  in  the  Farmers  and  Mechanic’s  Bank  of 
Georgetown,  for. the  redemption  of  change. 


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A RESOLUTION  for  collecting  plans  and  estimates  far  a 
Bridge  across  the  Potomac,  at  the  site  of  the  late  Chain 
Bridge. 

Approved  March  7th,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com ^ 
m on  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  O. 
M.  Linthicum,  John  Pickrell,  and  Thomas  Turner  be,  and 
they  are  hereby  appointed,  Commissioners,  to  invite  by  pub- 
lic advertisement,  in  such  newspapers  as  they  approve, 
plans  and  proposals  for  constructing  a substantial  bridge 
across  the  river  Potomac,  at  the  site  of  the  late  Chain 
Bridge,  and  that  they  be  requested  to  submit  the  same  with 
their  views  thereon  to  the  two  Boards  of  this  Corporation, 
on  or  before  the  27th  day  of  March  present. 


A RESOLUTION  clothing  the  Superintendent  of  the  Fish 
Wharf  with  the  authority  of  a Police  Officer. 

Approved  March  28th,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board,  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Superintendent  of  the  Fish  Wharf  be  clothed  with  all  the 
powers  and  privileges  of  a Police  Officer,  in  and  about  the 
Fish  Wharf  during  the  fishing  season. 


An  ORDINANCE  for  paving  the  Footway  on  the  South 
side  of  a part  of  Water  Street. 

Approved  March  31st,  1840. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That 
every  proprietor  of  a lot,  or  part  of  a lot  of  ground,  on  the 
south  side  of  Water  Street,  between  the  west  end  of  Rock 
creek  bridge  and  the  east  side  of  Potomac  street,  shall,  by 
the  first  day  of  July  next,  pave,  or  cause  to  be  paved,  the 
footway  in  front  of  all  the  lots,  or  parts  of  lots,  aforesaid, 


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not  heretofore  paved,  with  good  hard  brick,  on  good  sharp 
sand,  the  entire  width  of  the  said  footways  where  there  are 
improvements,  and  where  there  are  none,  to  the  width  of 
five  feet  next  the  curb-stone. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  Ordained , That  there  be,  and  there 
is  hereby  levied  and  imposed,  a tax  of  forty-five  cents  per 
front  foot,  on  all  lots  and  parts  of  lots  within  the  limits 
aforesaid,  remaining  un paved  on  the  day  aforesaid  ; and 
within  ten  days  thereafter,  the  Clerk  is  hereby  directed  to 
prepare  and  deliver  to  the  Collector,  a table  of  lots  and  parts 
of  lots,  in  front  of  which  the  pavement  shall  not  have  been 
made,  as  aforesaid  directed,  with  the  number  of  front  feet  in 
each,  and  the  na:nes  of  the  persons  to  whom  the  same  are 
respectively  assessed,  who  shall  proceed  to  collect  the  said 
tax  in  the  speediest  manner  allowed  by  law,  and  pay  over 
the  same  as  collected  to  the  Clerk,  and  to  close  his  collec- 
tions on  or  before  the  first  day  of  September  next,  retain- 
ing thereof  four  per  cent.,  as  his  commission  thereon. 

Sec.  ?».  And  be  it  Ordained , That  wherever  any  of  the 
said  lots  or  parts  of -lots,  aforesaid,  shall  have  the  footways 
already  paved,  and  the  same  shall  be  deemed  by  the  Com- 
missioner hereinafter  named,  to  require  repair  or  repairing 
on  notice  being  given  to  the  proprietors  thereof,  by  the  said 
Commissioner ; then  the  said  proprietors  are  required  to 
have  the  said  repairs  or  repairing  done  on  or  before  the 
first  day  of  July  next,  and  if  not  done  by  said  day,  then  the 
said  lots  are  declared  liable,  to  the  tax  levied  and  imposed 
by  the  second  section  of  this  Ordinance,  or  so  much  thereof 
as  the  said  Commissioner  shall  deem  sufficient  to  make  the 
repair  or  repairing  so  required,  and  upon  the  requisition  of 
the  said  Commissioner  in  writing,  detailing  the  amount  re- 
quired from  each  proprietor,  the  Clerk  is  hereby  required  to 
furnish  to  theCoHector  the  table  thereof  as  before  directed, 
and  the  Collector  to  make  the  collections  as  afore  provided. 

Sec.  4.  Be  it  further  Ordained , that  Joseph  Libby  be, 
and  he  is  hereby,  appointed  Commissioner,  with  full  power 
to  draw  and  expend  the  nett  proceeds  of  said  tax,  for  the 
purpose  aforesaid,  who  shall  account  therefor  to  the  said 
Clerk,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  January  next. 


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A RESOLUTION  for  extending  the  time  for  making  cer- 
tain Assessments  and  the  Returns  thereof. 

Approved  March  31st,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetovm , That  so 
much  of  the  Ordinance,  approved  the  fourth  day  of  January 
last,  as  requires  the  Assessors,  appointed  by  said  Ordinance, 
to  make  and  complete  their  assessment,  and  make  return 
thereof  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  April,  be,  and  the  same 
is  hereby,  extended  to  the  first  day  of  May  next. 


A SUPPLEMENT  to  a Resolution  for  disposing  of  the 
Cleanings  of  the  Streets,  approved  March  12th,  1851. 

Approved  April  16th,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgctowni  That  it 
shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  except  the 
duly  appointed  Scavenger,  to  remove  or  cause  to  be  taken 
away  from  any  of  the  paved  or  gravelled  streets  of  the  town 
any  manure,  under  a penalty  of  five  dollars  for  every  offence, 
to  be  recovered  on  conviction  thereof  before  the  Mayor. 


A RESOLUTION  making  an  Appropriation  to  pay  the 
expense  of  Staking  the  Cut  in  the  Channel. 

Approved  April  16th,  1840, 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com" 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby  requested,  to  have  the  Cut  in 
the  Channel  of  the  Potomac  river,  staked  out  forthwith,  and 
a sum  not  exceeding  fifteen  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is 
hereby  appropriated,  to  defray  the  expenses  thereof. 


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A RESOLUTION  on  the  subject  of  the  Surrender  to  the 
State  of  Maryland  of  the  Stock  in  the  Chesapeake  and 
Ohio  Canal  Company,  subscribed  by  this  Corporation. 

Approved  April  16  th,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Mayor  be,  and  he  is  hereby  instructed  to  address  a letter  to 
the  honorable  Mr.  Young,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Roads  and  Canals,  in  the  Senate  of  the  United  States,  in- 
forming him  of  the  willingness  of  this  Corporation  to  submit 
to  such  disposal  of  its  Stock  in  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio 
Canal  Company,  as  in  the  judgment  of  Congress  may  be 
deemed  just  and  proper  : provided  that,  in  the  event  of  its 
surrender  to  the  State  of  Maryland,  that  the  State  be  held 
responsible  for  the  early  completion  of  the  eastern  section  of 
the  Canal,  and  to  keep  it  always  in  repair  and  in  good  navi- 
gable order  as  far  as  may  be  practicable. 

Resolved  further , that  in  said  letter  the  Mayor  be,  and 
he  is  hereby  instructed,  to  communicate  also  the  amount  of 
expense  incurred  by  this  Corporation,  for  said  Stock,  over 
and  above  the  debt  paid  for  the  Corporation  by  the  Govern- 
ment of  the  United  States. 


An  ORDINANCE  for  building  a Bridge  on  the  site  of  the 
late  Chain  Bridge,  at  the  Little  Falls  of  the  Potomac. 

Approved  April  18th,  1840. 

Be  it  Ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board 
of  Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Commissioners  heretofore  appointed,  be,  and  they  are 
hereby  authorized,  to  invite  proposals  by  written  communi- 
cations with  builders  for  building  a Bridge  at  the  Little  Fall* 
of  the  Potomac,  late  the  cite  of  the  Chain  Bridge  ; the  said 
bridge  to  be  of  four  hundred  feet  length,  and  to  rest  upon 
the  present  abutment  standing  on  the  Virginia  side  of  the 
river,  and  two  piers  to  be  constructed,  one  at  the  end  of  said 
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four  hundred  feet,  and  one  at  the  intermediate  point,  making 
-two  spans  of  two  hundred  feet  each  ; the  said  bridge  to  be 
built  upon  Ithiel  Town’s  plan  of  lattice  work,  to  have  two 
road  ways  or  a double  track,  each  to  be  eleven  feet  wide  and 
twelve  feet  high  in  the  clear. 

Be  it  further  Ordained , that  before  receiving  proposals, 
the  aforesaid  Commissioners  shall  dause  to  be  drawn  up 
specifications,  shewing  clearly  the  character  of  the  work  to 
be  required,  and  upon  such  premises  as  will  secure  a per- 
manent structure  in  every  respect,  including  the  dimensions 
of  the  respective  piers,  the  character  of  the  masonry,  as  also 
that  of  the  inclined  plane,  which  will  be  required  to  reach 
from  the  Maryland  end  of  the  Bridge  to  the  low  grounds. 

Be  it  further  Ordained , that  for  the  whole  work  required, 
of  every  description,  a sum  not  exceeding  twelve  thousand 
dollars  shall  be  hereafter  appropriated,  to  be  raised  as  this 
Corporation  shall  hereafter  provide,  it  being  understood  that 
the  whole  of  the  materials  now  remaining  of  the  old  Chain 
Bridge,  including  the  stone  in  the  abutment  on  the  Mary" 
land  side,  stall  be  at  the  use  of  the  constructor  for  building 
the  bridge,  the  game  to  be  removed  from  its  present  position 
at  his  expense,  before  the  said  bridge  is  completed. 

Beit  Ordained  further,  that  upon  any  bid  being  received 
to  do  the  work,  in  a sum  not  exceeding  the  said  sum  of 
twelve  thousand  dollars,  the  said  Commissioners  shall  be 
authorized  to  enter  into  a contract  for  the  same  with  the 
lowest  bidder ; provided  they  are  satisfied  that  the  same  is 
a responsible  person, and  to  be  relied  on;  and  that  it  be  un- 
derstood that  the  said  contract  provide  for  payments  as  the 
work  progresses,  and  in  proportion  to  the  work  done. 


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A RESOLUTION  authorizing  the  Superintendent  of 
the  Fish  Wharf  to  employ  an  assistant.  / 

Approved  April  I8thv  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That 
the  Superintendent  of  the  Fish  Wharf  be,  and  he  is  here- 
by. authorized  to  employ  an  assistant  on  the  fish  wharf, 
when,  iri  his  opinion,  the  interest  of  this  Corporation 
requires  it,  at  an  expense  not  exceeding  one  dollar  per 
day. 


A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  to  meet  the 
legal  claims  of  the  Levy  Court  against  the  Corpora- 
tion. 

Approved  April  18th,  1840.  * 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  oj  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is 
hereby,  appropriated  to  meet  the  legal  claims  vhich 
the  Levy  Court  of  Washington  County,  in  the  District  of 
Columbia,  may  have  against  this  Corporation  for  the 
years  1839  and  1840,  and  that  the  said  sum,  or  so  much 
thereof  as  rn  «y  be  necessary  to  meet  such  legal  claims, 
shall  be  paid  by  the  Clerk  of  the  Corporation  to  the  or- 
der of  said  Levy  Court. 


RESOLUTION  authorizing  the  Clerk  to  receive  loans 
of  money  for  the  use  of  the  Corporation. 

Approved  May  11th,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com* 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 

Clerk  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  receive  from 
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any  persons  willing  to  lend,  [cans  of  money  not  exceed- 
ing six  thousand  dollars  in  the  aggregate,  in  sums  of  not 
less  than  one  hundred  dollars  each,  at  a rate  of  interest 
not  exceeding  six  per  centum  per  annum,  payable  quarter 
yearly,  the  principal  to  be  repaid  at  such  times  as  he  shall 
stipulate,  being  not  earlier  than  three  years  ; that  the  notes 
of  this  Corporation,  under  the  common  seal,  and  signed 
by  the  Mayor  and  countersigned  by  the  Clerk,  be  issued 
to  the  lenders  for  such  loans,  and  that  the  faith  of  the 
Corporation  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  pledged  for  the 
payment  of  said  loans  : Provided , any  money  received  in 
virtue  of  this  resolution  shall  not  be  carried  into  the  gene- 
ral funds,  but  shall  be  set  apart  as  a special  fund,  alone 
subject  to  specific  appropriations  to  be  hereafter  made. 


RESOLUTION  in  relation  to  a Bridge  at  the  Little 
Falls  of  the  Potomac. 

Approved  May  Ilth,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetaivn,  That  the 
Commissioners  heretofore  appointed  to  receive  proposals 
for  building  a bridge  at  the  Little  Falls  of  the  Potomac 
be,  and  they  are  hereby,  authorized  and  directed  to  con- 
tract for  the  same,  of  the  length  and  dimensions  named 
in  the  ordinance  entitled,  “an  ordinance  for  building  a 
bridge  on  the  site  of  the  late  chain  bridge  at  the  Little 
Fails  of  the  Potomac,”  approved  April  18th,  1840  : Pro- 
vided, the  entire  cost  of  the  same  shall  not  exceed  the 
sum  of  thirteen  thousand  five  hundred  dollars ; And  pro- 
vided, that  the  said  Commissioners  be  not  confined  to 
Town’s  plan,  uor  limited  to  the  number  of  piers  named 
in  said  ordinance,  should  they  be  of  opinion  that  any 
other  plan  would  secure  a safe  and  stable  bridge. 


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RESOLUTION  to  periAitN.  & A.  F.  Seavers  to  pass 
the  water  from  their  factory  to  the  river. 

Approved  May  16th,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Jlldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  N. 
& A.  F.  Seavers  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  permitted  to 
pass  the  water  from  their  factory  on  the  north  side  of 
Water  street  under  said  street:  Provided , the  mode  or 
plan  for  conveying  the  water  be  satisfactory  to  the  Mayor 
and  that  they  give  security,  to  be  approved  of  by  the 
Mayor,  for  all  repairs  that  may  become  necessary  on  said 
street  in  consequence  of  the  permission  hereby  granted. 


An  QRDINAN CE  to  prohibit  bathing  in  the  Canal  with- 
in the  jurisdiction  of  the  Corporation. 

Approved  May  16th,  1840. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That 
from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  it  shall  not 
be  lawful  for  any  person  to  bathe  in  the  canal  within  the 
jurisdiction  of  this  Corporation,  under  a penalty  of  not 
less  than  two  or  more  than  five  dollars,  to  be  recovered 
before  the  Mayor,  one  half  for  the  use  of  the  Corpora- 
tion, the  other  to  the  informer;  and  should  the  person  so 
offending  be  a minor,  and  the  parent  or  master  refuse  or 
neglect  to  pay  the  fine  imposed,  he  shall  be  forthwith 
committed  to  the  watch  house  for  a time  not  exceeding 
twenty-four  hours-^and  in  case  the  offender  be  a slave, 
he  shall  be  publicly  whipped,  not  exceeding  twenty-one 
stripes. 


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RESOLUTION  authorizing  Thomas  I,  Davis  to  de^ 
posrte  earth  upon  the  end  of  Fayette  street. 

Approved  May  16th,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  oj  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
7non  Council  of  t he  Corporation  of  Geoi  getown , That  Tho- 
mas I Davis  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  and  perr 
ii)itted  to  deposite  any  surplus  of  earth  which  may  remain 
of  the  excavation  from  the  foundation  of  his  mill  seat 
upon  the  canal,  after  filling  of  his  own  wharf,  upon  the 
end  of  Fayette  street,  south  of  Water  street  ; Provided , 
in  depositing  the  same,  it  be  so  deposited  as  will  best 
improve  said  street  or  wharf  at  its  termination. 


A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  to  meet  the 
expenditures  of  the  Poor’s  House  establishment  for  the 
quarter  ending  March  31st,  1840. 

Approved  May  23d,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
mon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  six  hundred  and  seventy-nine  dollars  and  eighty 
cents  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  appropriated  to  meet 
the  expenditures  of  the  Poor’s  House  establishment  for 
the  quarter  ending  the  31st  of  March,  1840,  and  that  the 
same  be  paid  to  the  order  of  a majority  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  Poor. 


A RESOLUTION  appointing  delegates  to  vote  the  stock 
standing  in  the  name  of  this  Corporation  on  the  books 
of  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  Company* 
Approved  May  30th  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  oj  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
Mayor,  ClementaCox  and  Samuel  McKenney,  or  either  of 


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them,  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  appointed  delegates  tore- 
present  the  stock  standing  in  the  name  of  this  Corpora- 
tion on  the  books  of  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal 
Company,  at  the  meeting  to  be  held  on  Monday  next  of 
said  Company,  and  to  vote  the  stock  so  standing  in  the 
name  of  this  Corporation  in  the  election  of  President  and 
Directors  of  said  Company,  and  ail  questions  which  may 
arise  at  said  meeting,  and  ail  subsequent  meetings  there- 
of during  the  current  year. 


A RESOLUTION  concerning  a Ferry  at  the  Little  Falls. 

Approved  June  27th.,  I?40. 

Whereas,  This  Corporation  has  been  informed  that 
within  the  last  week  license  has  been  obtained  by  Wil- 
liam Nelson  to  Leep  a Ferry  at  the  Little  Falls  of  the  Po- 
tomac at  the  site  of  the  chain  bridge,  and  believing  that 
a ferry  at  that  point  will  be  of  great  convenience,  not  oniy 
to  the  citizens  of  this  tojvn,  but  also  to  the  people  of  V ir- 
ginia  residing  in  that  neighboihood,  therefore, 

Be  it  resohed  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That 
the  license  granted  to  said  William  Nelson  meets  cordial- 
ly the  approbation  of  this  Corporation,  and  that  they 
would  regard  very  unfavorably  any  effort  to  interfere  with 
his  privilege  under  said  license. 


A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  repair- 
ing the  free  Turnpike  Road. 

Approved  July  i 8th,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com- 
mon Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , That  the 
sum  of  fifty  dollars,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  neces- 


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SarjL  be,  and  (lie  same  is  hereby,  appropriated,  (o  be  ex- 
pended under  the  direction  of  the  Mayor,  in  repairing  the 
damage  done  to  the  free  Turnpike  Road  leading  to  the 
Chain  Bridge. 


4 RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  0.  M.  Linthicura,  making 
an  appropriation  for  expenses  incurred  by  the  Commis- 
sioners appointed  to  rebuild  the  bridge  at  the  Little 
Falls  of  the  Potomac. 

Approved  July  18th,  1840. 

Resolved  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com - 
fhon  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown,  That  the 
Clerk  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  directed  to  pay  O.  M.  Lin- 
fticum,  out  Of  the  Congress  fund,  thirteen  dollars  and 
twenty-five  cents,- being  for  expenses  incurred  by  the 
Commissioners  appointed  to  contract  for  rebuilding  the 
bridge  at  the  Little  Falls  of  the  PotomaC. 


4h  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  borrowing  of  money 
to  pay  for  the  erection  of  the  Little  Falls  Bridge. 

Approved  July  ISth,  1840. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation , That  to  defray 
fee  expense  of  erecting  the  Little  Falls  Bridge,  the 
Clerk  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  and  directed 
id  issue  scrip  certificates  of  Stock  of  the  Corporation,  in 
fee  usual  form,  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  five  thousand 
dollars,  in  sums  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  for 
£ach  certificate,  bearing  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent, 
per  annum,  payable  quarterly,  and  redeemable  at  the  plea- 
sure of  the  Corporation,  and  to  sell  the  same  as  wanted, 


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on  the  most  advantageous  terms,  at  a rate  not  less  tb.ag 
ninety-five  per  cent,  and  the  proceeds  to  pay  out,  froxi^ 
time  to  time,  pursuant  to  the  contract  for  erecting  saitj 
bridge. 


An  ORDINANCE  levying  a direct  Tax  for  the  yeaf 
1840,  and  providing  for  the  collection  thereof. 

Approved  July  25th,  1840= 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Beard  of 
Common  Council  of  the  Corporation  of  Georgetown , ThaJ 
there  shall  be,  and  hereby  is,  leyied  a direct  tax  of  fifty- 
one  cents  on  each  and  every  hundred  dollars  value  of  rea$ 
and  personal  property  within  the  limits  of  this  Corpora.- 
tion,  as  the  same  stands  valued  and  assessed  on  the  boojs; 
of  assessment  lately  returned  by  the  assessors,  and  no^y 
on  file  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  tbe  Corporation,  ex- 
cept the  amount  reduced  by  the  Board  of  Appeal,  if  any;> 

Sec.  2.  <And  be  it  ordained , That  the  tax  hereby  im- 
posed and  levied  shall  be  collected  by  the  Collector  ap„- 
pointed  by  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  Board  of  Com.- 
mon  Council,  in  joint  meeting,  on  the  first  Monday  of 
January  last;  Provided , he  give  bond  and  security  with- 
in twenty  days  from  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  in 
conformity  with  the  ordinance  entitled,  u an  ordinance 
regulating  the  Collector’s  bond,  and  for  other  purposes/* 
approved  6th  June,  1829,  he,  the  said  Collector,  not  yet 
having  given  bond  as  the  said  ordinance  directs,  and  tlye 
said  Collector  shall,  within  thirty  days  after  he  shall  havje 
received  the  tax  list  from  the  said  Clerk,  make  out  an  ac 
count  for  the  amount. of  the  tax  chargeable  to  all  real  and 
personal  property  under  this  ordinance,  and  remaining 
unpaid,  and  shall,  within  the  period  aforesaid,  deliver  th*e 
same  respectively  to  the  proprietor  of  said  property,  if  h,c 


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or  she  be  a resident  within  the  limits  of  the  town,  and 
demand  payment  thereof,  and  when  the  proprietor  shall 
be  a non-resident,  the  Collector  shall  deliver  the  said  ac- 
counts respectively,  in  the  case  of  real  property,  to  the 
tenant  or  occupant  of  the  lot  or  lots  on  which  the  same 
may  be  chargeable,  if  such  property  be  let*or  occupied  ; 
and  in  the  case  of  personal  property,  to  the  person  or 
persons  in  whose  use  or  possession  the  same  may  be,  and 
demand  payment  of  the  same  from  such  tenant,  occupant, 
or  possessor,  in  the  same  manner  and  within  the  same 
period. 

Sec.  3.  t find  be  it  ordained , That  in  every  instance  in 
which  any  tax  chargeable  under -this  ordinance  shall  he 
unpaid  by  the  first  day  of  October  next,  the  said  Collec- 
tor is  hereby  authorized  and  required  to  proceed  to  en- 
force the  payment  of  said  tax  by  distress  and  sale  of  any 
personal  property  belonging  to  the  person  properly  charge- 
able with  said  tax,  wherever  found  within  said  town ; and 
if  no  such  personal  property  can  be  found,  then  by  dis- 
tress and  sale  of  such  personal  property  as  may  be  found 
on  the  premises  chargeable  with  said  tax,  except  such 
pioperty  as  the  act  of  Congress  extending  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  Justices  of  the  Peace  for  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia exempts  ; in  which  distress  and  sale  shall  also  he  in- 
cluded and  recovered  the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  the  cost 
and  trouble  of  the  Collector  in  making  such  distress  and 
sale  ; and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Collector,  before  he  , 
sells  any  personal  property  so  distressed,  to  give  twenty 
days  public  notice  as  follows,  by  putting  up  a notice  at 
the  Mayor’s  office  and  market  house,  and  also  serving 
one  on  the  party  whose  goods  are  distrained,  of  the  time 
and  place  of  sale,  and  the  amount  of  tax  due  for  which  v 
such  distress  is  made. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  ordained , That  when  there  is  no  per- 
sonal property  liable  as  aforesaid  for  the  payment  of  any 


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tax  chargeable  on  any  lot  or  lots,  or  parts  of  lots,  whether 
the  same  be  the  property  of  a resident  or  non-resident 
proprietor,  and  if  the  said  tax  shall  be  unpaid  on  the  day 
before  mentioned,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Collector, 
and  he  is  hereby  required,  to  enforce  the  payment  of  such 
tax  by  the  sale  of  such  lot  or  lots,  or  parts  of  lots,  or  so 
many  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  and  the  course  of  his 
proceedings  shall  be  as  follows : — he  shall  advertise  the 
property,  when  owned  by  persons  residing  in  the  District 
of  Columbia,  for  public  sale,  in  some  newspaper  publish- 
ed in  Georgetown,  and  when  the  property  is  owtied  by 
persons  not  residing  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  also  in 
the  National  Intelligencer  and  in  an  Alexandria  newspa- 
per, once  a week  for  twelve  successive  weeks,  previous  to 
the  day  of  sale,  in  which  advertisement  shall  be  stated 
the  time  and  place  of  sale,  the  number  of  the  lot  or  lots, 
or  parts  of  lots  of  ground  intended  to  be  sold,  the  value 
thereof,  and  the  amount  of  taxes  due  and  owing  thereon, 
also  the  names  of  the  persons  to  whom  assessed  ; and  if, 
before  the  day  of  sale  advertised  as  aforesaid,  the  owner, 
his  agent^)r  attorney,  shall  not  pay  the  amount  of  taxes, 
with  all  costs  thereon  assessed,  the  said  Collector  shall  sell 
the  said  lot  or  lots,  or  parts  thereof,  or  as  many  as  may  be 
sufficient  to  discharge  said  taxes,  for  cash,  and  to  the 
highest  bidder  paying  therefor,  and  a certificate  shall  be 
issued  by  the  Collector,  setting  forth  that  such  person  is 
the  purchaser,  and  the  amount  paid  by  him ; and  if,  at  the 
expiration  < f twelve  months  from  the  day  of  sale,  the 
owner  shall  not  appear  and  pay  to  the  Collector,  the 
Mayor,  or  the  pure  haser,  the  amount  of  the  taxes  and 
costs,  and  taxes  accruing  subsequent  to  the  sale,  and  ten 
per  cent,  interest  per  annum  on  the  purchase  money,  it 
shall  and  may  be  lawful  for  the  Mayor,  and  he  is  hereby 
required,  at  the  expiration  of  said  time,  to  convey  the  ti- 
9 


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tie,  in  fee  simple,  of  said  property  to  the  purchaser,  hy 
deed  under  his  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Corporation. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  ordained , That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Collector  regularly  to  pay  over  to  the  Clerk  the  monies 
by  him  from  time  to  time,  collected  by  virtue  of  this  or- 
dinance, in  the  manner  prescribed  in  the  before  recited 
ordinance,  approved  June  6th,  1829,  and  in  every  such 
payment  to  furnish  said  Clerk  with  a list  of  the  several 
persons  from  whom  such  collections  are  made,  with  the 
amount  collected  from  each,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Clerk  to  record  the  said  list  in  a book  to  be  kept  by 
him  for  that  purpose,  and  the  Collector  shall  settle  a final 
account  of  his  collections  by  virtue  of  this  ordinance 
with  the  said  Cleik  by  the  first  day  of  March  next,  in  de- 
fault whereof  the  Collector  shall  be  sued  forthwith  for 
any  deficiency  not  paid  over,  and  be  chargeable  wilh  in- 
terest on  the  same  from  the  said  first  day  of  March,  in 
which  account  shall  be  allowed  a commission  for  his  ser- 
vices at  the  rate  of  four  per  cent,  on  the  monies  by  him 
collected  and  paid  over  to  the  Corporation. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  ordained , That  when  tax^p  are  due 
from  the  same  person  on  more  than  one  lot  or  parts  of 
lots,  and  the  said  lots  or  parts  of  lots  shall  be  offered  for 
sale  as  aforesaid,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Collector  to 
advertise  and  sell  for  the  taxes  due  on  the  whole  number 
of  lots  and  parts  of  lots  at  the  same  time,  and  to  sell  no 
more  lots  or  parts  of  lots  than  may  be  sufficient  to  raise 
the  whole  amount  of  taxes  and  expenses ; and  for  the 
collection  thereof  he  shall  be  allowed  but  one  execution 
fee,  and  that  the  execution  fee  in  each  case  shall  be  one 
dollar,  which  fee,  with  all  the  other  expenses  of  distress,, 
advertisement  and  sale,  shall  be  raised  and  paid  out  of 
the  property  sold,  in  the  same  manner,  and  at  the  same 
time,  that  the  taxes  are  raised  and  paid. 


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A RESOLUTION  for  letting  the  Western  Tobacco 
Ware-house.  3 

A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  Samuel  Hudson.  4 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  the 

support  of  the  Poor;  4 

A RESOLUTION  authorizing  the  Mayor  to  have  the 
gutter  at  the  south  east  corner  of  Bridge  and  Congress 
Streets  altered,  so  as  to  convey  the  water  off.  4 

A RESOLUTION  relative  to  Taxes  due  on  the  Female 
Orphan  Asylum.  5 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  to  meet 
the  claims  of  the  Levy  Court  against  the  Corporation.  5 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  repair- 


ing the  Free  Turnpike  Road.  6 

A RESOLUTION  appointing  a Delegate  to  the  Na- 
tional Silk  Convention.  6 

A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  F.  S.  Key,  Esq.  6 

A RESOLUTION  for  the  relief  of  William  Stuart.  7 

A RESOLUTION  providing  for  arbitrating  the  claim 
of  James  Dunlop,  Esq.  against  the  Corporation,  for 
his  professional  services.  , 7 

A RESOLUTION,  for  further  extending  the  time  of 
arbitrating  the  claims  of  John  H.  King.  8 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  the 
support  of  the  Poor,  in  the  4th  quarter  of  183S.  8> 

A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  Messrs  Marden  and 
Meem,  for  repairs  done  to  the  Canal  Bridge.  8 

A RESOLUTION  tendering  to  Judge  Dunlop  the 
thanks  of  the  Corporation.  9 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  the 
relief  of  the  poor  of  the  town.  9 


n 

A RESOLUTION  for  fixing  the  site  of  the  Bridge  to 
be  erected  by  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  Com- 
pany, across  the  Canal,  at  or  near  the  junction  of 
Bridge  and  Water  Streets.  1$ 

A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  John  Mountz,  Clerk  of 
the  Corporation.  10 

A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  James  Dunlop.  10 

A RESOLUTION  appointing  Judges  of  Elections.  11 

RESOLUTIONS  for  paying  respect  to  the  memory 
of  C.  Smith,  Esq.  deceased.  II 

A RESOLUTION  directing  the  Street  Commissioners 
to  fix  the  grade  oq  Frederick  Street,  from  First  to 
Seventh  Street.  12 

A RESOLUTION  on  the  subject  of  Retrocession. 

A RESOLUTION  for  fixing  the  boundary  line  on  the 
Pier  between  Georgetown  and  the  City  of  Washing- 
ton. 12 

An  ORDINANCE  providing  for  the  payment  of  the 
Salaries  of  the  Officers  of  the  Corporation,  for  the 
year  1839.  IS 

An  ORDINANCE  authorizing  a Loan  to  redeem  the 
Corporation  Change.  14 

An  ORDINANCE  levying  a direct  Tax  for  the  year 
1839,  and  providing  for  the  collection  thereof.  14 

An  ORDINANCE  providing  for  an  additional  assess* 
ment  of  taxable  property  within  the  jurisdiction  of 
the  Corporation  of  Georgetown.  18 

A RESOLUTION  appointing  a Committee  to  apply 
t6  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  Company,  rela- 
tive to  out-let  Locks  from  the  Canal  into  the  Potomac 
River.  19 

A RESOLUTION  for  the  relief  of  William  Jewell, 
Collector  for  the  General  Tax  for  the  year  1838.  19 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  to  repair 
certain  Bridges.  19 

A RESOLUTION  authorizing  the  issuing  of  Certifi- 
cates for  the  redemption  of  Change.  20 

A RESOLUTION  proposing  to  obtain  a Loan  from 
the  Farmers  and  Mechanics’  Bank.  20 


A RESOLUTION  for  the  representation  of  the  stock 
of  this  Corporation,  in  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio 
Canal  Company.  21  • 

A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  Marden  and  Meem.  21 

A RESOLUTION  to  repeal  a Resolution.  21 

A RESOLUTION  for  obtaining  a set  of  out-let  Locks 
from  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  into  the  Poto- 
mac River,  at  or  near  the  western  limits  of  this  town.  22 

A RESOLUTION  for  the  relief  of  Ninian  Beall,  late 
Collector  of  Taxes.  22 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  the 
support  of  the  Poor’s  House.  23 

A RESOLUTION  in  relation  to  certain  taxes  claimed 
to  be  due  from  John  Cox,  for  the  years  1821  and 
1822.  * 23 

A RESOLUTION  relative  to  the  destruction  of  Ants.  24 

A RESOLUTION  appointing  a committee  to  call  on 
Major  Turnbull  and  request  of  him  his  plan  for  build- 
ing the  abutment  of  the  Aqueduct  on  this  side  of  the 
Potomac.  24 

A RESOLUTION  for  refunding  to  Hunry  Trunnell 
certain  surplus  money.  24 

A SUPPLEMENT  to  the  Resolution  for  obtaining  a 
set  of  out-let  locks  from  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio 
Canal  into  the  Potomac  River,  at  or  near  the  western 
limits  of  this  town.  25 

A RESOLUTION  for  extending  the  time  of  reference 
of  the  case  of  John  Cox.  25 

A RESOLUTION  tendering  the  thanks  of  this  Cor- 
poration to  the  Mayor  and  City  Council  of  Balti- 
more, for  the  volume  of  the  laws  of  that  city,  pre- 
sented to  this  Corporation.  26 

RESOLUTION  respecting  the  Potomac  Aqueduct.  26 

A RE  SOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  the 
destruction  of  Ants.  27 

RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  printing 
a portion  of  the  Laws  of  the  Corporation.  27 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  to  pay  an 
award  to  John  H.  King.  27 


i r 

A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  Samuel  Hudson.  28 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  to  pay  for 
the  annual  printing  expenses  of  the  Corporation.  28 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  the 
support  of  the  Poor.  28 

An  ORDINANCE  for  the  encouragement  of  the  in- 
troduction of  Factories  within  the  limits  of  George- 
town. 29 

A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  the  Falls  Bridge  Turn- 
pike Company.  30 

A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  N.  Beall.  80 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  the 
support  of  the  Poor,  for  the  quarter  ending  Septem- 
ber 30th,  1839.  31 

A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  John  Marbury.  31 

A RESOLUTION  directing  a settlement  of  the  account 
of  John  Cox  for  certain  taxes.  31 

A RESOLUTION  for  the  relief  of  Sampson  Simms.  32 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  Appropriation  in  aid  of 
the  Contingent  Fuad.  32 

A RESOLUTION  authorizing  the  Mayor  to  make 
application  to  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal  Com- 
pany, to  reimburse  certain  Expenditures  made  by  he 
Corporation  of  Georgetown,  in  repairing  the  Canal: 
Bridge  32: 

A RESOLUTION  reinstating  the  5th  section  of  the 
Market  Law,  which  contain  certain  restrictions  on 
Huckstering  and  for  other  purposes.  33 

A RESOLUTION  to  repeal  the  seventh  section  of  a 
Supplement  to  an  Ordinance,  approved  14th  June, 

1838.  33 

A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  Ann  Connely  and  Mary 
Connely.  34 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  to  pay  for 
certain  repairs  upon  the  upper  road  leading  to  the^ 
Chain  Bridge.  34; 

A RESOLUTION  providing  for  certain  purchases  for 
the  use  of  this  Corporation.  35 

A RESOLUTION  approving  a certain  letter  of  the 
Mayor  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury.  35 


V 


A RESOLUTION  in  relation  to  the  Western  Tobacco 
Warehouse.  35 

A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  Henry  Trunnel.  38 

A RESOLUTION  authorizing  the  Clerk  to  settle  an 
account  with  the  Inspector  of  Tobacco.  36 

A RESOLUTION  directing  the  Western  Tobacco 
Ware- house  to  be  insured.  37 

An  ORDINANCE  for  a new  Assessment  of  the  Real 
and  Personal  Property  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
Corporation  of  Georgetown,  and  providing  for  an  an- 
nual additional  Assessment  until  the  next  General 
Assessment.  37 

A RESOLUTION  appointing  a Committee  to  attend 
to  the  interests  of  this  town  before  Congress.  38 

A RESOLUTION  directing  the  daily  renting  of  cer> 
tain  Stalls  in  the  Market  House.  38 

An  ORDINANCE  fixing  the  Salaries  of  the  Corpo- 
ration Officers  for  the  year  1840.  39 

A RESOLUTION  to  instruct  the  Committee  having 
care  of  the  interest  of  this  Town  before  Congress.  39 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  the 
support  of  the  Poor.  40 

A RESOLUTION  to  amend  the  Charter  of  the  Town.  40 

A RESOLUTION  appointing  Judges  of  Elections  for 
the  year  1840.  41 

A RESOLUTION  appointing  a Superintendent  of 
the  Fish  Wharf.  41 

An  ORDINANCE  modifying  u An  ordinance  appoint- 
ing Trustees  for  the  relief  of  the  Poor,  and  for  other 
purposes.  42 

A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  the  Recorder.  43 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  repair- 
ing the  Free  Turnpike  Road  leading. to  the  Chain 
Bridge.  43 

A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  Lewis  Carbery.  44 

A RESOLUTION  providing  for  the  Vaccination  of  the 

poor.  44 

A RESOLUTION 
Major  Turnbull. 


44 


VI 


RESOLUTION  instructing  the  committee  appointed  to 
represent  the  interests  of  this  town  before  Congress.  45 

RESOLUTION  adding  Thomas  Turner  to  the  commit- 
tee representing  the  interests  of  the  town  before  Con- 
gress. 45 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  to  pay  the 
Contingent  expenses  of  the  two  Boards.  46 

A RESOLUTION  instructing  the  committee  appointed 
to  attend  to  the  interests  of  the  town  before  Congress.  46 

RESOLUTION  for  the  repairs  of  the  High  Street 
and  Fish  Wharves.  47 

RESOLUTION  for  extinguishing  a part  of  the  Stock 
Debt  of  this  Corporation.  47 

A RESOLUTION  for  collecting  plans  and  est:mates 
for  a Bridge  across  the  Potomac,  at  the  site  of  the 
late  Chain  Bridge.  48 

A RESOLUTION  clothing  the  Superintendent  of  the 
Fish  Wharf  with  the  authority  of  a Police  Officer.  48 

An  ORDINANCE  for  paving  the  Footway  on  the 
South  side  of  a part  of  Water  Street.  48 

A RESOLUTION  for  extending  the  time  for  making 
certain  Assessments  and  the  Returns  thereof.  50 

A SUPPLEMENT  to  a Resolution  for  disposing  of  the 
Cleanings  of  the  Streets,  approved  March  12th,  1831.  50 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  Appropriation  to  pay 
the  expense  of  Staking  the  Cut  in  the  Channel.  50 

A RESOLUTION  on  the  subject  of  the  surrender  to 
State  of  Maryland  of  the  Stock  in  the  Chesapeake 
and  Ohio  Canal  Company,  subscribed  by  this 
Corporation.  51 

An  ORRDINANCE  for  building  a bridge  on  the  site 
of  the  late  Chain  Bridge  at  the  Little  Falls  of  the 
Potomac.  51 


vii 


A RESOLUTION  authorizing  the  Superintendent 
of  the  Fish  Wharf  to  employ  an  assistant.  53 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  to  meet 
the  legai  claims  of  the  Levy  Court  against  the 
Corporation.  53 

RESOLUTION  authorizing  the  Clerk  to  receive 
loans  of  money  for  the  use  of  the  Corporation.  53 

RESOLUTION  in  relation  to  a Bridge  at  the 
Little  Falls  of  the  Potomac.  54 

RESOLUTION  to  permit  N.  & A.  F.  Seavers  to 
pass  the  water,  from  their  factory  to  the  river.  55 

An  ORDINANCE  to  prohibit  bathing  in  the  Canal 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Corporation.  55 

RESOLUTION  authorizing  Thomas  I,  Davis  to 
deposrte  earth  upon  the  end  of  Fayette  street.  56 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  to  meet 
the  expenditures  of  the  Poor’s  House  establish- 
. ment  for  the  quarter  ending  March  31st,  1840,  56 

A RESOLUTION  appointing  delegates  to  vote  the 
stock  standing  in  the  name  of  this  Corporation 
on  the  books  of  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Canal 
Company,  56 

A RESOLUTION  concerning  a Ferry  at  the  Little 
Falls.  57 

A RESOLUTION  making  an  appropriation  for  re- 
pairing the  free  Turnpike  Road.  57 

A RESOLUTION  in  favor  of  0.  M,  Linthicum, 
making  an  appropriation  for  expenses  incurred  by 
the  Commissioners  appointed  to  rebuild  the  bridge 
at  the  Little  Falls  of  the  Potomac.  58 

An  ORDINANCE  authorizing  the  borrowing  of 
money  to  pay  for  the  erection  of  the  Little  Falls 
Bridge.  58 

An  ORDINANCE  levying  a direct  Tax  for  the  year 

■ 1840,  and  providing  for  the  collection  thereof.  59 


